Mysuru, July 30 -- Former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha has reiterated that he will contest the 2028 Karnataka Assembly elections from the Chamaraja Constituency.

Speaking to reporters in Mysuru yesterday, Simha hit back at Chamaraja MLA K. Harishgowda, who had described him as an "outsider."

"Harishgowda, you yourself shifted from Janata Dal (Secular) to the Congress. For the Congress, you are the real outsider," Simha said.

He also questioned the basis of the remark, saying, "Didn't Sonia Gandhi, who was born in Italy, contest from Ballari? Didn't Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi contest from Wayanad in Kerala? Then how am I an outsider? Don't make ignorant statements."

Highlighting his work as an MP, Simha said, he had undertaken ...