<p>Newly-elected Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh visited the state BJP headquarters here on Saturday and held talks with the party’s national joint general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh.</p>.<p>The BJP did not field a candidate in the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency, instead extended its support to Sumalatha who went on to defeat Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil in a high-voltage contest.</p>.<p>“I came here to express my gratitude. It’s my duty to thank everyone who supported me,” Sumalatha told reporters.</p>.<p>“I need the Centre’s support for the development of Mandya. I’ve requested their cooperation,” she said. Asked if she would extend outside support to the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha, Sumalatha said: “I haven’t discussed that, but I don’t think they need it anyway, given the numbers they have.”</p>
<p>Newly-elected Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh visited the state BJP headquarters here on Saturday and held talks with the party’s national joint general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh.</p>.<p>The BJP did not field a candidate in the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency, instead extended its support to Sumalatha who went on to defeat Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil in a high-voltage contest.</p>.<p>“I came here to express my gratitude. It’s my duty to thank everyone who supported me,” Sumalatha told reporters.</p>.<p>“I need the Centre’s support for the development of Mandya. I’ve requested their cooperation,” she said. Asked if she would extend outside support to the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha, Sumalatha said: “I haven’t discussed that, but I don’t think they need it anyway, given the numbers they have.”</p>