Not a ticket aspirant: Bhavani Revanna

JD(S) MLA H D Revanna’s wife Bhavani Revanna on Monday said that she is not aspiring to contest the upcoming Assembly elections.

Instead, she would campaign for her co-sister Anitha Kumaraswamy if the latter is given a ticket to contest from Channapatna, she said. Bhavani told reporters in Bengaluru that party supremo H D Deve Gowda would take a final call on her son Prajwal Revanna’s candidature, and the constituency that he will contest from.

She said that she had advised her son not to get emotional and make “childish” statements in front of the media in his pursuit to obtain a party ticket.

Meanwhile, senior political leader P G R Sindhia, who had distanced himself from the JD(S), officially rejoined the party. Gowda said that Sindhia would tour with him across the state and would play an integral role in devising campaigning strategies.

He also dismissed rumours that Sindhia would contest from Varuna Assembly constituency.