Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and his wife Anitha Kumaraswamy will script history when they enter the State Assembly as lawmakers. Ms. Anitha on Tuesday registered a record victory in the Ramanagara assembly segment after defeating BJP candidate L Chandrashekar with a margin of 1.09 lakh votes. Ramanagara seat fell vacant after Mr. Kumaraswamy preferred to retain Chennapatna, the other constituency from where he had won in the Assembly election in May.
Mr. Chandrashekar had pulled out of the contest and returned to Congress, but still technically remained the BJP candidate. “This is a rare occasion when a chief minister will be entering Vidhana Soudha (seat of State legislature) with his wife. Never ever has a chief minister and his wife become MLAs together,” JD(S) MLA K Gopalaiah said.