Senior Congress leaders DK Shiva Kumar, Siddaramaiah and G Parameshwara were all present at the Congress office from 11 am, but Kusuma’s father Hanumantharayappa insisted that she would sign the ...

And that was how Kusuma Hanumantharayappa, wife of late IAS officer DK Ravi and daughter of JDS leader Hanumantharayappa, came to be picked.

It may be recalled here, Kusuma, a close confidante of D.K. Shivakumar and D.K. Suresh, was defeated by Munirathna in the 2019 by-poll and again in May 2023 Assembly election.

BENGALURU: The 31-year-old Kusuma H, the Congress candidate from the Rajarajeshwari Nagar Assembly bypoll, is the daughter of JDS leader Hanumantharayappa, a pr ...

In all likelihood, sources privy to the investigation said, father-in-law Hanumantharayappa will be questioned by the CBI over the charges he has made. Mr Ravi’s wife Kusuma along with her ...