I have decided not to continue in electoral politics: Ex- CM D V Sadananda Gowda

NT Correspondent

Hassan: Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday announced that he has decided to retire from electoral politics.

The announcement made by the former union minister, who is currently a Member of the Lok Sabha from Bangalore North, is significant coming ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

"I have decided not to continue in electoral politics. For 30 years my party has given me everything. After B S Yediyurappa I'm the number one beneficiary in the party," Gowda said in response to a question on whether he would be the state BJP president once again.

"I have been in politics for 30 years -- 10 years as MLA, 20 years as MP, one year as CM, for one-and-a-half years as leader of opposition (in the Council), five years as deputy leader of opposition in the assembly, four-and-a-half years as party president, and for seven years I have been a minister in the union cabinet under Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he said.