Gowda's grandson says willing to give up LS seat for grandfather

Bengaluru: The lone JD(S) winner in the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, Prajwal Revanna announced Friday he was willing to give up his seat to pave the way for his grandfather, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, who tasted defeat in the elections.

Prajwal, who is the son of PWD minister H D Revanna, andchief minister H D Kumaraswamy's nephew, was upset over thedefeat of his 87-year old grandfather from Tumkur Lok Sabhaconstituency at the hands of BJP candidate G S Basavaraj.

Gowda had shifted from his traditional bastion Hassan to Tumkur to make way for his grandson. "I have taken a decision which I propose before Deve Gowda, the people of Hassan and the senior leaders and our party workers...," Prajwal said.