Key Points
Veteran BJP leader, former Karnataka CM and Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda may quit the party and contest from Mysuru as Congress candidate..
He may contest against BJP's YCK Wadiyar..
Gowda, a member of the Vokkaliga community, held Railways, Law & Justice and Statistics & Programme Implementation portfolios in the NDA regime..
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar and other leaders are said to be in touch with Gowda...
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