H Vishwanath  

After H Vishwanath, Narayan Gowda and K Gopalaiah bid goodbye to the JD(S), it looks like GT Deve Gowda may follow suit and join the BJP. Interestingly, he has blamed HD Kumaraswamy's close aide Sa Ra Mahesh, who was apparently the reason for H Vishwanath’s exit from the party

As the 5 disqualified MLAs reached Bengaluru, JDS's former state president and one of the disqualified MLAs H Vishwanath released a video in which he is seen urging the people to forgive him from quitting the party.

JD(S) leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy met party president H Vishwanath and spoke about future course of action with regard to Mandya. Nikhil lost to independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh from the constituency. It looks like Nikhil, who did not involve directly in politics until he contested the Lok Sabha election, is continuing on the road to remain as a politician. He has been speaking to veteran leaders in the state.

JD(S) president H Vishwanath was in Hyderabad to attend Kuruba community conference, when he suffered a cardiac arrest. In earlier cases, HD Kumaraswamy when he was the party president had suffered a heart attack. In 2008, JD(S) president Mirajuddin Patel died of a cardiac arrest.

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, JD(S), a regional party is the first one to hold a convention to hint that it is ready for general elections. JD(S) leader R Prakash said that the party leader HD Deve Gowda and HD Kumaraswamy addressed party workers in an effort to instil confidence in them to face the election. He also clarified that the JD(S) president H Vishwanath will not step down and will continue as party president.

Currently in hospital, Vishwanath, Karnataka president of JD(S), has been asked to take rest for a while. His participation in the campaign for Mandya Lok Sabha and Ramanagara Assembly by-elections scheduled for November 3, is not certain.
 

CM HD Kumaraswamy said the dissidence in Congress is more than JDS over portfolio allocation and says the problem will ease eventually.

The Minister said that the constitution prevents to extend Vidyashree scheme to the upper caste students. Responding to this Govinda Karajola, BJP leader, argued saying Constitution will not object if government extends its help to financially backward classes.