<p>Tumkur: District In-charge Minister K N Rajanna said that he is not responsible for the defeat of former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda in the 2019 Lok Sabha election in Tumakuru.</p>.<p>Speaking at a meeting with leaders of Scheduled Caste/Tribes on Friday, he said, “Mudduhanumegowda, then MP from Congress, was also a Vokkaliga. Deve Gowda contested the poll as a Congress-JD(S) alliance candidate in 2019 snatching his <br>opportunity. The people of Tumakuru could not tolerate it. Hence, they defeated him”.</p>.<p>‘Shreyas should win’</p>.<p>Rajanna said, “Hassan Congress candidate Shreyas Patel should win against the NDA alliance candidate Prajwal Revanna, like how Congress candidate Puttaswamy Gowda defeated Deve Gowda in 1999.” </p>.<p>“Our BJP MPs have not raised their voice in the interest of the people of the state, inside and even outside the Parliament,” he criticised.</p>
<p>Tumkur: District In-charge Minister K N Rajanna said that he is not responsible for the defeat of former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda in the 2019 Lok Sabha election in Tumakuru.</p>.<p>Speaking at a meeting with leaders of Scheduled Caste/Tribes on Friday, he said, “Mudduhanumegowda, then MP from Congress, was also a Vokkaliga. Deve Gowda contested the poll as a Congress-JD(S) alliance candidate in 2019 snatching his <br>opportunity. The people of Tumakuru could not tolerate it. Hence, they defeated him”.</p>.<p>‘Shreyas should win’</p>.<p>Rajanna said, “Hassan Congress candidate Shreyas Patel should win against the NDA alliance candidate Prajwal Revanna, like how Congress candidate Puttaswamy Gowda defeated Deve Gowda in 1999.” </p>.<p>“Our BJP MPs have not raised their voice in the interest of the people of the state, inside and even outside the Parliament,” he criticised.</p>