Deve Gowda’s grandson files nomination from Hassan

Hassan (Karnataka), March 22 (IANS) Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) President H.D. Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna on Friday filed his nomination to contest the Lok Sabha election from Hassan in Karnataka.

Accompanied by his father H.D. Revanna, the state’s Public Works Department Minister and uncle Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Prajwal filed his nomination at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Hassan, about 180 km west of Bengaluru.

Prajwal, 28, will be contesting against BJP candidate A. Manju, a former Congress leader.

Gowda, who hails from Holenarasipura in this district, is a six-time Lok Sabha member from the constituency. He first got elected in 1991.

He is yet to announce from where he will be contesting.