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Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has confirmed in a tweet that his father , former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda will contest the Rajya Sabha Polls scheduled on June 19 from Karnataka.
Former PM @H_D_Devegowda have decided to contest the Rajya Sabha elections at the request of party legislators, @INCIndia Sonia Gandhi Ji and several national leaders. He is going to file his nominations tomorrow. Thanks to Sri DeveGowda for agreeing to everyone’s consensus.
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) June 8, 2020
The 87-year-old Deve Gowda the JD (S) patriarch , was reportedly persuaded by interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi and several other legislators to contest for the upper House of parliament. And Kumaraswamy admitted it was not easy to persuade Deve Gowda to contest.
If Deve Gowda wins, this will be his second Rajya Sabha term, the first term was when he was the Prime Minister from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997 .
