Patna, 11/12: Expelled JD(S) national vice president C K Nanu on Monday was declared as the new national president of the party, replacing former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, by the rebel faction being propped up by leaders like C M Ibrahim.
At a ‘national plenary meeting’ convened by Nanu, a former Kerala minister, here, the rebel faction, along with ‘acting’ against Gowda for deciding to join the BJP-led NDA, declared itself to be the ‘actual JD(S)’, while announcing support to I.N.D.I.A block