Kumaraswamy appeared to be veering round to the suggestion that he should keep Nikhil out of the race and instead consider fielding his wife Anitha Kumaraswamy or partyman Jayamuthu from Channapatna.

He married Anitha Kumaraswamy in 1986. Kumaraswamy’s first taste of electoral politics, much against his father Deve Gowda’s wishes, was when he contested from the Kanakapura Lok Sabha ...

In fact, even in 2018, when H.D. Kumaraswamy moved base to neighbouring Channapatna, Nikhil's mother Anitha Kumaraswamy ...

Nikhi's mother Anitha Kumaraswamy, a former MLA, had unsuccessfully contested from the seat in 2013, and faced defeat against Yogeeshwara, a political heavyweight in the constituency. With ...

Nikhil's mother, Anitha Kumaraswamy, too, had served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) twice. She won a by-election in Ramanagara in 2018 and had earlier represented Madhugiri from ...

Will Nikhil Kumaraswamy remain an Abhimanyu or emerge as 'Arjuna' this time? This question has become a talking point in Channapatna Assembly constituency in Karnataka, where the bypoll will take ...

JD(S) leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy was on Thursday announced as the NDA candidate for the November 13 Assembly by-polls from Channapatna, a seat vacated by his father and Union Minister H D ...

Earlier, the BJP has announced Bharat Basavaraj Bommai for Shiggaon and Bangara Hanumantha for Sandur as candidates for the ...