JOIN USJD(S) national president H D Deve Gowda has announced that B M Farookh, industrialist, would be the candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka.
Gowda said this in an interaction with Deccan Herald. However, he did not explain as to why Farookh was chosen. The JD(S) leader said he would not make any attempts of reconciliation with the five MLAs who have openly rebelled against the party to support the Congress.
The MLAs - Zameer Ahmed Khan, N Cheluvarayaswamy, H C Balakrishna, Akhanda Srinivasamurthy and Iqbal Ansari - abstained from the legislature party meeting on May 26.
Khan had announced that the MLAs would be supporting Congress’ third candidate. He also met with Congress leader Digvijay Singh in New Delhi on May 27 in this regard.
“This rebellion has not surfaced now - it has been going on for the last two years. Let them support Congress. If they want let them come and talk to me, I will not make any attempts,” said Gowda.
On Saturday, the party’s state president H D Kumaraswamy issued a statement saying that the names of the candidates for both the elections will be announced on May 30, following another legislature party meeting to be held on the same day.