Sonia meets DK Shivakumar in Tihar jail

October 23, 2019 09:32

The Congress party stands with interred Karnataka leader DK Shivakumar. This morning, interim president Sonia Gandhi met Shivakumar in Tihar Jail.

Shivakumar is under judicial custody in connection with a money laundering case.

Yesterday, former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy also met Shivakumar in jail. Speaking to the media thereafter, Kumaraswamy said, "Political issues are different and personal equation is different. DK Shivakumar and I worked together in the coalition government... This is my personal visit. He is facing political vengeance, I was here to give confidence to him. He is mentally very strong and will fight all this."

Shivakumar was a cabinet minister in the Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JD(S) government in the state.

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