Congress leaders also helped in my Lok Sabha poll victory: V Somanna

Tumakuru: Tumkur BJP Lok Sabha member and Union Minister of State for Railways V Somanna has said that Congress leaders too extended their "cooperation" in ensuring his victory in the last Lok Sabha elections.

Somanna made the disclosure in the presence of Home Minister G Parameshwara, while launching work on a railway overbridge in Heggere on the outskirts of Tumakuru on Saturday.

While wishing that Parameshwara should be the next chief minister, Somanna said Congress leaders were also responsible for his electoral victory.

Union Minister V Somanna

When MLA S Suresh Gowda, who was also there sought to know what about D K Shivakumar, the minister deflected the matter saying they are all secondary and could be spoken of at a later time.