Children of former CMs join hands to strengthen Congress

BANGALORE: The children of former CMs have come together to strengthen the Congress party by enthusing and inducting youth into the party.
Kumar Bangarappa (son of S Bangarappa), Dinesh Gundurao (son of R Gundu Rao), Kailasnath Patil (son of Veerendra Patil), Mamatha Nachani (daughter of Ramakrishna Hegde), Mahima Patel (J H Patel's son) and Ajai Singh (N Dharam Singh's son) held a meeting at the KPCC office on Tuesday.Of the six, Dinesh is a MLA from Gandhinagar in Bangalore and president of the Bangalore Urban District Congress Committee. Kumar Bangarappa is a former minister, while Mamatha had lost to H D Kumaraswamy in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Kailasnath Patil said, "As assembly polls are fast approaching, we decided to involve ourselves more actively in organizing the party. Our focus is to attract more youth into the party. Being the children of former CMs, we have a background and hence we thought of using it for the good of the party.'' He said they had spoken to KPCC president G Parameshwara and he had encouraged their initiative.