Ramanagara (Karnataka): Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday said he would take an appropriate decision on returning to state politics at the right time, asserting that he would not abandon Ramanagara, the district that played a key role in shaping his political career.
The JD(S) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister said he would continue to devote time to the district despite his commitments in national politics.
Bengaluru South, formerly known as Ramanagara district, is also the home district of Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who represents the Kanakapura Assembly constituency.
"There is no question of neglecting Ramanagara. I will earmark separate time for the district to strengthen the party and its organisation," the Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel said.
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Asked when he would return to state politics, Kumaraswamy said he would neither disappoint party workers nor disregard their sentiments.
"I will not disappoint my workers or disregard their feelings. In the interest of the party and for the sake of the workers, I will take an appropriate decision at the appropriate time," he told reporters, according to a statement issued by his office.
Kumaraswamy said he had decided to devote time to all four Assembly constituencies in Ramanagara district, irrespective of his commitments at the national level.
"Even if I am busy in national politics, I have decided to give time to all four constituencies in Ramanagara. Nikhil (his son and JD(S) youth wing leader) and I will work out a schedule to tour these constituencies," he said.
He said people in the district had played a key role in shaping his family's political career and that he would work towards strengthening the party organisation.
"The workers of this district made me a leader. Their feelings are my feelings, and there is no question of disappointing them," he said.
Taking a dig at his political opponents, Kumaraswamy said claims that his family would be driven out of Ramanagara were merely wishful thinking.
"Some people are under the illusion that they can drive us out of Ramanagara district. They have no option but to remain in that illusion. The people and party workers of this district are firmly with us," he said.
Describing Ramanagara as the place that gave him his political identity, he said his opponents would not succeed in pushing his family out of the district.
(With PTI inputs)
