Overview
- At a National Council meeting in Bengaluru, delegates unanimously returned former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda as JD(S) national president and Union minister H. D. Kumaraswamy as Karnataka unit chief.
- Party leaders said the National Executive meeting during the anniversary events also endorsed continuing the two leaders in their posts.
- The council adopted resolutions backing farmers and strengthening the organisation, with the measures placed for National Executive clearance.
- Deve Gowda highlighted Kumaraswamy’s administrative experience and noted his current service as a Union minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
- Both leaders criticised Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for leaving JD(S), as youth wing chief Nikhil Kumaraswamy was praised for a statewide tour and tasked with grassroots organising and membership expansion.