Gowda had announced his decision to retire from electoral politics but later backtracked saying that there is pressure on him to contest.
File photo of DV Sadananda Gowda. (DVSBJP/Facebook)
Amid speculation that Congress has contacted him, former Karnataka CM and BJP MP DV Sadananda Gowda on Monday, 18 March, said he will share his “inner feelings” soon. The 71-year-old, celebrating his birthday on Monday, expressed his displeasure over being denied a ticket: “There is nothing left to say that BJP is a party with a difference in Karnataka.”