<p>Former minister P G R Sindhia will support the Congress candidates in the upcoming zilla and taluk panchayat elections in Ramanagaram and Kanakapura, Energy Minister D K Shivakumar has claimed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>District in-charge minister of Ramanagaram, Shivakumar told reporters here on Saturday that Sindhia and his supporters had agreed to back the Congress candidates in the polls.<br /><br />Once political archrivals, Sindhia and Shivakumar had contested against each other in the 2013 Assembly elections from Kanakapura constituency. Shivakumar had defeated Sindhia who had fought the election on a JD(S) ticket.<br /><br />“Sindhia has not joined the Congress but has decided to be part of the UPA,” Shivakumar said.<br />Sindhia had earlier quit the JD(S) in 2006 after he fell out with party leader H D Deve Gowda. He rejoined the party after a brief stint in the Bahujan Samaj Party.</p>
<p>Former minister P G R Sindhia will support the Congress candidates in the upcoming zilla and taluk panchayat elections in Ramanagaram and Kanakapura, Energy Minister D K Shivakumar has claimed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>District in-charge minister of Ramanagaram, Shivakumar told reporters here on Saturday that Sindhia and his supporters had agreed to back the Congress candidates in the polls.<br /><br />Once political archrivals, Sindhia and Shivakumar had contested against each other in the 2013 Assembly elections from Kanakapura constituency. Shivakumar had defeated Sindhia who had fought the election on a JD(S) ticket.<br /><br />“Sindhia has not joined the Congress but has decided to be part of the UPA,” Shivakumar said.<br />Sindhia had earlier quit the JD(S) in 2006 after he fell out with party leader H D Deve Gowda. He rejoined the party after a brief stint in the Bahujan Samaj Party.</p>
