Tag: Nikhil Siddharth

Justifying the JD(S)’s decision to field three of family members in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Kumaraswamy said his party was not different from other parties, including national parties. Not just in regional parties — dynasty politics is prevalent in the Congress and the BJP too. In my opinion, regional parties are thriving only because of dynasty politics. The Samajwadi Party is also thriving because of dynasty politics. The CM said the Gowda family should not be held responsible for fielding family members, as it merely yielded to its workers’ demands. Kumaraswamy said that BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa too was guilty of dynasty politics. Two or three more family members from Yeddyurappa’s family may enter politics in future. He said that he was “forced” to field his son Nikhil from Mandya. “During the Mandya bypolls itself, all eight MLAs of Mandya had demanded that Nikhil should be fielded. Nikhil was fielded only because the MLAs insisted that he be the candidate.