Kumaraswamy re-elected Karnataka JD-S unit president

November 18, 2010 05:35 pm | Updated 05:35 pm IST - Bangalore

H D Kumaraswamy, addressing JD (S) party workers at office, after being elected as president of the State Unit of Janata Dal (S), in Bangalore on Thursday. Photo: K. Murali Kumar.

H D Kumaraswamy, addressing JD (S) party workers at office, after being elected as president of the State Unit of Janata Dal (S), in Bangalore on Thursday. Photo: K. Murali Kumar.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy was today unanimously re-elected the state unit JD-S president.

Mr. Kumaraswamy’s was the lone nomination received for the post of the President, Returning Officer for organisational polls and JD-S MLC, H C Neeravari today told reporters after announcing the election of Mr. Kumaraswamy.

This is the third term for Mr. Kumaraswamy.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Kumaraswamy declared that his party’s fight against ‘scandals’ of the BJP government headed by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa would continue.

“We will wage the battle against BJP government alone,” Mr. Kumaraswamy, who has so far released many documents to ‘expose’ land denotification scams of Mr. Yeddyurappa government, said.

Mr. Kumaraswamy reiterated his charge of financial irregularities in government’s saree distribution scheme.

He slammed opposition Congress for its failure to support JD-S in the fight against the ‘corrupt’ BJP government.

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