Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, May 25: The fact that all efforts put in by his father and party activists towards his victory in Mandya constituency proved futile seems to be weighing heavily on the mind of candidate from that constituency, and chief minister, Kumaraswamy's son, Nikhil Kumaraswamy. It is learnt that on the night of Thursday May 23, once his result became public, Nikhil went out of control when inside the Radisson Blu hotel at Mysuru. This incident however became public with some delay, as per some reports appeared in some news channels and papers.
When the result came out, Nikhil was not to be seen anywhere. However, he had stayed at a hotel in Mysuru for the night. Hurt and insulted by his defeat, Nikhil is learnt to have shouted and created a scene at the above hotel. Although the hotel manager and staff tried their best to console him, he was unstoppable and launched a verbal attack against them. He unleashed his inner feelings about the leaders in Mandya and abused them, it is said.
Kumaraswamy also expressed a sense of indignation for having lost the election against a woman candidate. In a fit of rage, he shouted that this was a big insult for him, and said that the people of Mandya did not support him, and his desire to become a member of parliament was ruined, the reports say.
In a drunken state, Nikhil also expressed ire against his grandfather and JD(S) national president, Deve Gowda, holding him solely responsible for miring him in the Mandya quagmire. "I reposed trust in you and have been ruined. In spite of having the backing of eight MLAs and two ministers from the region, why did I have to face debacle? Has Revanna not succeeded in convincing Congressmen in Hassan? Why did you not appease Congress rebels, Cheluvaraya Swamy and Narendra Swamy? You fielded me from Mandya, telling me that it is a strong fortress of the JD(S). You all joined together and doomed me. I am insulted because of this defeat," he is learnt to have shouted at the top of his voice, the reports claim.
But later reports said that such incident did not take place at all. Chief minister Kumaraswamy too took to Twitter to explain that Nikhil was not involved in any incident after the election results came out.