JD(S) patriarch Deve Gowda sacks Karnataka unit chief CM Ibrahim, appoints son HD Kumaraswamy in his place

Janata Dal (Secular) patriarch HD Deve Gowda took decisive action on Thursday by dissolving the state working committee and removing the party’s Karnataka unit president, CM Ibrahim. In his place, Gowda appointed his son and former chief minister, HD Kumaraswamy, as the ad-hoc president of the party’s state unit.