Mysore/Mysuru, May 31 -- Expressing severe opposition for the re-induction of Congress leader and former ZP member S. Madegowda and his wife Rukmini Madegowda into the JD(S) fold, JD(S) leaders of Chamundeshwari Assembly segment have accused State JD(S) Working President S.R. Mahesh of attempting to divide the party in Chamundeshwari Assembly segment.

Addressing a press meet at a private hotel here yesterday, the JD(S) leaders maintained that the re-induction of Madegowda and his wife Rukmini, a former Mysuru Mayor, was a first step to break the party in Chamundeshwari Assembly segment.

Former APMC President Kotehundi Mahadevaswamy said that Mahesh has re-inducted Madegowda into the JD(S) fold despite opposition from Union Minister H.D....