The defeat in the Lok Sabha elections shows the declining strength of JD(S) in Mandya: Siddaramaiah | Mysuru News – Times of India

Mandya: The defeat of Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the 2019 Lok Sabha election confirmed the weakening of the JD(S). Mandya District, former Chief Minister said Siddaramaiah Here on Sunday. the former From. m The JD(S), which claimed six out of seven MLAs in the district, had suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of an independent in the elections, the JD(S) said.
“NS Congress In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Mandya did not field a candidate from the Lok Sabha seat. The JD(S) could not win the election despite having six MLAs in the district. Had JD(S) been really strong, it would not have lost the election. JD(S) is losing its grip in Mandya,” Siddaramaiah said.
Leader of Opposition in the Assembly said that he is not reacting to the statements of the former CM HD Kumaraswamy and former prime minister and JD(S) president HD Deve Gowdawhom he accused of deliberately misinterpreting his statements. “They are misinterpreting my statements and trying to misrepresent me,” Siddaramaiah said. Livelihood.
Former CM urges state government to retain ownership of MySugar Mill
Congress leaders on Sunday extended their support to farmers who are on an indefinite strike against the state government, and demanded that the defunct MySugar mill in Mandya be resumed operations. Siddaramaiah was also among those who sat on dharna in front of the statue of Sir M Visvesvaraya in Mandya. Urging the state government to retain the ownership of the mill, the former CM said, “MySugar Mill is the only sugar factory in the state owned by the government, and it should neither be sold nor leased to any private company. should go.”
Pressing on the government to revive the mill, Siddaramaiah said it was unfair to blame the farmers for the current situation. “Instead of reviving public sector units, the BJP is trying to sell them to private entities. The government should find out why these units are incurring losses, and pull them out of the pit,” he said.
Siddaramaiah assured the farmers that, when Congress stakes claim to power in the state, it will reopen MySugar Mill within a month. “Now it is appropriate to drop the protest as the state government has publicly announced that it will not privatize the mill. If the government goes back on its promise, I will join them in the farmers’ fight,” said the former CM.

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