JD(S) leader H D Deve Gowda on Monday ruled out the possibility of appointing Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy as the state party president, saying that the party follows the one-man-one-post rule.
“One-man-one-post is the rule. So someone else will be appointed as the state party president. The party will take a decision on the appointment in three days,” Gowda told reporters.
Asked whether he will accept A H Vishwanath’s resignation, he said he will ensure that Vishwanath himself elects a new state president. Gowda’s statement has made it clear that the party had been looking for a replacement to Vishwanath, who resigned recently owning moral responsibility for the JD(S) defeat in Lok Sabha polls.
Vishwanath had recently suggested that the party should appoint Kumaraswamy to the post.
Published 24 June 2019, 16:27 IST