Kolar: Former Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar, who lost the previous Assembly polls from Srinivasapura Constituency, announced his political retirement while addressing a meeting organised to discuss the upcoming Lok Sabha elections at his native Addagal village, here yesterday.
“I have lived a truthful life in politics all these years. However, the political environment in the State is totally polluted with no values. I have not done politics with other’s money. Few leaders, who sold themselves, cheated me and the party during the previous Assembly polls,” he said.
