HDK says sorry for foul remark on ex-Speaker

Bengaluru:

Former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday apologised for the use of an expletive while referring to Congress legislator and former state assembly speaker K R Ramesh Kumar.  Kumaraswamy's apology came after his video during a private conversation went viral. "The word I used for former speaker Ramesh Kumar hurts me too.

The use of such words is neither in my nature nor part of my personality. I regret if my words have hurt Ramesh Kumar or anyone else. I withdraw my words," the JD(S) second-in-command said in a tweet. The JD(S) leader had earlier inspected a government school at Srinivaspur in Kolar district, a constituency represented by Kumar.

Explaining the circumstances which made him angry, Kumaraswamy tweeted, "Yesterday, I was very sad to see a dilapidated school in Bangavadi village of Srinivaspur Assembly constituency. I was outraged to hear that the children were attending classes under a 'Peepal' tree for the past two to three year