Earlier this week, the Janata Dal (Secular) replaced MLA and former minister G T Devegowda as head of the party’s core committee with former Deputy Speaker M Krishna Reddy, even as the younger generation of party founder H D Deve Gowda’s family assumed important positions.

In recent months, five-time legislator G T Devegowda had distanced himself from the JD(S) despite being appointed the core committee chief in August 2023. He was unhappy about not being appointed the leader of the JD(S) legislature party, it is learnt. Though he had eyed the post vacated by Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy, the party decided to appoint C B Suresh Babu, thereby alienating him further.

“Removing Devegowda was essential as he was not interested in party affairs and had not convened any meeting in recent day

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