Bengaluru, Aug. 10 -- Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar hits back at Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy over the BJP-JDS padayatra against the Bidadi Township project, alleging that the protest had no connection with farmers and was aimed at securing the political future of Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy.

Speaking to reporters in Malur, Shivakumar said, "There are no farmers in the padayatra being organised by the BJP and JDS against the Bidadi Township project. This protest is being done solely for the political future of their family's boy (Nikhil Kumaraswamy)."

Reacting to the participation of JDS patriarch and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda in the padayatra, the Chief Minister added, "They have brought party ...