1. Deve Gowda takes exception to Kumaraswamy sporting saffron flag
Janata Dal (Secular) supremo and former Prime Minister H.D. Devegowda told presspersons in Delhi on February 2 that his son and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy should not have sported the saffron shawl. “In any joint programme, as alliance partner, we should sport ours (green shawl) and they will wear theirs,” he said.
In a recent protest at Keragodu in Mandya district by pro-Hindutva outfits against the removal of a flag with an image of Lord Hanuman, Mr. Kumaraswamy wore a saffron shawl in support, raising eyebrows as well as criticism. The KPCC chief D.K. Shivakumar had remarked then that the JD(S) could merge with the BJP.
