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Nikhil being groomed to carry party mantle, rebuild JDS base
The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
|June 16, 2025
JDS youth leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is being projected as the party's new face, has been tasked with building the party and energising its base with a statewide missed call campaign.
Despite his repeated electoral failures, Nikhil, son of former CM HD Kumaraswamy and grandson of JDS patriarch and former PM HD Deve Gowda, has been elevated within the party, recently taking charge as JDS youth wing president. The party is projecting the young leader as the next big hope.
Nikhil's political journey so far has been marked by three major defeats -- the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Mandya, 2023 Assembly election from Ramanagara, and recent bypoll defeat from Channapatna, a seat vacated by his father.
This story is from the June 16, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kalaburagi.
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