Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy threatened to stage a hunger strike till his last breath if the name of Ramanagara is changed or it is included in Bengaluru. He said that he would ask the people of Ramanagara to support him to fight against such an idea of renaming or including Ramanagara into Bengaluru. The controversy started after Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said that his native Kanakapura taluk will be made part of Bengaluru district sparking off a political spat.


According to ANI, HD Kumaraswamy said, "DK Shivakumar's (Karnataka Deputy CM) idea behind including Ramanagara in Bengaluru is just to safeguard the properties including DLF which belong to Robert Vadra."


"I'll challenge him, I'll stage a hunger strike till my last breath if the name of Ramanagara is changed or it is included in Bengaluru...I'll ask the people of Ramanagara to support me to fight against such an idea of renaming or including Ramanagara into Bengaluru," he said.







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On Tuesday, DK Shivakumar said that the city of Kanakapura will be joined along with Bengaluru. He said, "The people of Kanakapura do not belong to Ramanagara district. They are from Bengaluru district and it must not be forgotten."


"All villages will be part of Bengaluru one or the other day. Mark my words. Also, I can't discuss on making Kanakapura a separate district as well," he said.


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