JD(S) to vote for Meira Kumar in Presidential elections

A week after supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party in the no-confidence motion moved by the the Congress against Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman D.H. Shankaramurthy, the Janata Dal (S) has decided to support UPA’s candidate and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in the Presidential elections scheduled on July 17.

On Sunday, former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and his son H.D. Kumaraswamy endorsed the candidature of 17 opposition parties in the presence of the Congress leaders. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah too put his signature proposing the candidature of Ms. Kumar.