bengalurumandyamysuru the mandya lok sabha seat has become the centre of a tugofwar between allies jds and congress with strong opposition growing to the candidature of sumalatha widow of former minister and actor mh ambareesh from jds workerswhile chief minister hd kumaraswamy questioned sumalathas contribution to the mandya lok sabha seat once represented by ambareesh jds mlc kt srikantegowda said sumalatha was from andhra pradesh and not a mandya gowdti local vokkaligain the congress camp while minister satish jarkiholi said candidature for the seat will be decided by the jds and his party will not contest there kpcc president dinesh gundurao maintained he would welcome her entry into politicsreplying to a query during a prebudget interaction with senior journalists in bengaluru on monday on his defeatist and emotional statements on leading a coalition government kumaraswamy brought up the sumalatha issue the cm justified his behavior by saying tragic heroes sell in politicsby making those statements i get peoples sympathy kumaraswamy candidly admitted in the same breath the cm who had initially declined to comment on the tussle between the jds and sumalatha asked what is sumalathas contribution to the constituency kumaraswamy said there was sympathy for sumalatha which was the reason for her getting publicity people accept all this he said the cm claimed sumalatha who was an actor herself had done nothing for mandya when ambareesh was alive nor has she done anything nowmeanwhile srikantegowda faced an angry backlash from fans of ambareesh after making unsavoury comments against her asked to comment on the party considering sumalathas candidature for the seat he said she is from andhra pradesh and not a mandya gowdti we have already seen how ramya former mp and actor betrayed the people of mandya by always remaining elusive during her stint as mp ambareesh himself refused to contest last time because he knew he would be defeated the people of mandya have suffered enough by callous politicians like ramya and ambareesh mandya voters should not support politicians who do not take public life seriouslysoon after his comments were telecast by news channels ambareesh fans took to social media to lambast the jds leader some even issued threats a senior police officer said police protection will be provided to srikantegowdameanwhile bjp leader siddaramaiah who unsuccessfully contested the mandya byelection said if sumalatha wants to contest as a bjp candidate she will have to work as a common party worker in mandya district and only then be eligible for a ticketnothing wrong in nikhil entering politicskumaraswamy said too much should not be read into his actorson nikhils possible entry into politics a doctors son becomes a doctor a bureaucrats son pursues civil services a lawyers offspring also follows his fathers profession so whats wrong in a politicians son entering politics even if it is the third generation he asked