Bengaluru: Former Nagamangala MLA L.R. Shivaramegowda, his son L.S. Chetan Gowda and Supreme Court Advocate Brijesh Kalappa re-joined the Congress in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar at the KPCC Office here yesterday.
Shivaramegowda, a two-time former MLA of Nagamangala in Mandya district, had joined the BJP after his expulsion from the JD(S) a couple of years ago and his wife had contested unsuccessfully on a BJP ticket from Nagamangala Assembly Segment in the 2023 Assembly polls. Also, Shivaramegowda’s son Chetan Gowda had unsuccessfully contested on a Congress ticket from Padmanabhanagar Assembly segment in Bengaluru in the 2013 polls.
