<p>A person qualified to become the chief minister should contest the general elections and not a byelection, he told reporters after participating in the inauguration of the Bettada Ranganathaswamy (Gummattiraya) temple at Ijjalaghatta of Nagamangala taluk in the district.<br /><br />To a query whether it was inevitable for Kumaraswamy to contest the bypoll, Gowda said, pointing to MP Cheluvarayaswamy and legislator Puttegowda: “Why do you ask me? Ask these people. They did not listen to me when they joined hands with the BJP to form a government in the past. They don’t come to see me even now,” Gowda said.<br /><br />Cheluvarayaswamy intervened to say that all decisions, including on Kumaraswamy contesting the bypoll, would be taken only after consulting Gowda.</p>
<p>A person qualified to become the chief minister should contest the general elections and not a byelection, he told reporters after participating in the inauguration of the Bettada Ranganathaswamy (Gummattiraya) temple at Ijjalaghatta of Nagamangala taluk in the district.<br /><br />To a query whether it was inevitable for Kumaraswamy to contest the bypoll, Gowda said, pointing to MP Cheluvarayaswamy and legislator Puttegowda: “Why do you ask me? Ask these people. They did not listen to me when they joined hands with the BJP to form a government in the past. They don’t come to see me even now,” Gowda said.<br /><br />Cheluvarayaswamy intervened to say that all decisions, including on Kumaraswamy contesting the bypoll, would be taken only after consulting Gowda.</p>
