<p>Disqualified JD(S) MLA A H Vishwanath and MLA G T Devegowda on Sunday announced their retirement from electoral politics.</p>.<p>Vishwanath said he will take a final decision about his political career after a discussion with his supporters.</p>.<p>While Vishwanath <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/vishwanath-to-retire-from-active-politics-751634.html" target="_blank">announced it during a press conference</a>, Devegowda stated his intention while speaking to reporters. Vishwanath said he was humiliated and neglected in the JD(S), though he was its state president.</p>.<p>The former minister refused to comment on a query on whether he will join BJP. “The time has changed and I will disclose my decision soon,” he said.</p>.<p>Devegowda said, “I am upset with the present political system and it is enough for me. I am pained and I am not in debt to anyone. I have not obtained any help either from Kumaraswamy, Deve Gowda or Siddaramaiah,” he said.</p>.<p>The former minister said, in his five-decade-long political career, he had not come across such a political system. “I have served as minister twice and it’s enough for me. JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda and H D Kumaraswamy are like gods to me,” he said.</p>.<p>However, he expressed displeasure about the party JD(S) and said that it had promised to field his son G D Harishgowda in the Assembly elections and also make him (Devegowda) MLC. But, nothing has happened.</p>.<p>“I did not even get the portfolio of my choice in the coalition government,” he said.</p>
<p>Disqualified JD(S) MLA A H Vishwanath and MLA G T Devegowda on Sunday announced their retirement from electoral politics.</p>.<p>Vishwanath said he will take a final decision about his political career after a discussion with his supporters.</p>.<p>While Vishwanath <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/vishwanath-to-retire-from-active-politics-751634.html" target="_blank">announced it during a press conference</a>, Devegowda stated his intention while speaking to reporters. Vishwanath said he was humiliated and neglected in the JD(S), though he was its state president.</p>.<p>The former minister refused to comment on a query on whether he will join BJP. “The time has changed and I will disclose my decision soon,” he said.</p>.<p>Devegowda said, “I am upset with the present political system and it is enough for me. I am pained and I am not in debt to anyone. I have not obtained any help either from Kumaraswamy, Deve Gowda or Siddaramaiah,” he said.</p>.<p>The former minister said, in his five-decade-long political career, he had not come across such a political system. “I have served as minister twice and it’s enough for me. JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda and H D Kumaraswamy are like gods to me,” he said.</p>.<p>However, he expressed displeasure about the party JD(S) and said that it had promised to field his son G D Harishgowda in the Assembly elections and also make him (Devegowda) MLC. But, nothing has happened.</p>.<p>“I did not even get the portfolio of my choice in the coalition government,” he said.</p>