Mysuru: According to the reports, Janata Dal Secular state unit party president HD Kumaraswamy (HDK) slapped one of his party workers here in Mysuru after a booth level meeting when the youths pressured HDK to issue party ticket to Harish Gowda, son of sitting JDS MLA GT Deve Gowda on Wednesday afternoon.
A booth level meeting was organised in the city to prepare a strategy for the upcoming state assembly elections. A group of party workers who were gathered in the meeting forced HDK to issue party ticket to their beloved leader Harish Gowda to contest from Hunsur assembly constituency. HDK tried his best to answer their queries on the spot, however, one of the party activists physically touched HDK and tried to pull him back which made him loose his patience and slap the youth.
There are a number of reasons to what have forced Harish Gowda supporters to provoke HDK, as many of the party leaders are trying to get party ticket from Hunsur constituency in the next assembly elections. Meanwhile, HDK rejected the media reports on slapping and said no such incidents occurred in Mysuru.
(Agencies)
