40 yrs on, Deve Gowda-Puttuswamy rivalry plays out in Hassan – via grandsons
In the Vokkaliga heartland of Hassan in the Old Mysuru region of south Karnataka, a high-profile “battle of grandchildren” is brewing as sitting JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna takes on the Congress’s Shreyas M Patel. While Prajwal is the grandson of former prime minister and JD((S) supremo H D Deve Gowda, Patel is likewise of Deve Gowda’s bete noire and former MP G Puttuswamy Gowda.