Congress insisted on making Kumaraswamy Karnataka CM: JD(S)
JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda on Monday said he'd offered to support a Congress-led government in Karnataka but they insisted on his son HD Kumaraswamy being the Chief Minister. "There was a discussion between me and Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok Gehlot...it was their high command's decision." Earlier, Kumaraswamy said he couldn't do anything without Congress leaders' permission.