Janata Dal (S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy has hit back at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for predicting his loss from the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency in the coming elections.
Mr. Kumaraswamy, who was here on Wednesday to attend the first coordination meeting of alliance partners BJP and JD (S), took a dig at the Chief Minister and sought to know from when he had become a soothsayer.
Responding to Mr. Siddaramaiah’s charge that he was an “outsider” to Mandya, Mr. Kumaraswamy told reporters that he was entering the poll fray from Mandya in response to the wishes expressed by the people of the constituency and party workers.
