Power packed Gowdas: Bhavani latest entrant

Bengaluru: It’s now almost certain  that Bhavani Revanna,  wife of former minister  and Holenarasipur MLA  H.D. Revanna will fight  the MLC poll from Hassan local bodies constituency slated to be held on  December 10 with the  District JD(S) unit unanimously clearing her name  as well as that of her son,  Suraj Revanna.

However, Revanna is  said to be not keen on  sending his son Suraj  to the Upper House and  would like to field him  from any constituency  in Hassan district in the  2023 Assembly election.  Bhavani’s victory if she contests is almost certain  as JD(S) members are in a  majority in almost all local bodies in the district.  She was a member of  Hassan ZP and her tenure  ended in June this year.

On Saturday, Gowda  had confirmed that there  was pressure from party  workers to field either  Bhavani Revanna or  Suraj Revanna, in the  council polls. While Deve Gowda has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha,  his sons, H.D.Revanna  and H.D.Kumaraswamy,  and his daughter-in-law  Anitha Kumaraswamy,  are MLAs and his grandson Prajwal Revanna is  the Lok Sabha member  from Hassan. Another  grandson, Nikhil Kumaraswamy failed to make  his debut from Mandya LS  constituency after he lost  to Sumalatha Ambareesh.

Not bothered Dismissing allegations  of dynasty politics, Kumaraswamy gave the examples of BJP veterans  B.S.Yediyurappa, late  C.M.Udasi and Congress  leader, Siddaramaiah  whose sons have been  MPs and MLAs. “What’s  wrong in it...people want  us so we are in politics. No  one can question us about  this.’’ Easy chance Hassan district local  bodies have around 2,000  votes the majority of  whom are JD(S) members. If she wins, Revanna’s residence will have  a MLA, MP and MLC. under the same roof !

A formal announcement regarding Bhavani’s  candidature is likely in  the next couple of days,  added sources.