MANDYA: The war of words in Mandya intensified on Friday. Independent candidate Sumalatha’s son Abhishek hit back at chief minister HD Kumaraswamy for his remark that Sumalatha lacked empathy for Mandya voters . He said he and his mother would not weep holding a towel in front of a microphone as Kumaraswamy did. “Why should we weep like him when we have your support?” he asked.Meanwhile, Sumalatha accused Kumaraswamy of pressurising Mandya returning officer N Manjushree to accept his son Nikhil’s nomination papers. “I was informed by a reliable source that Manjushree met Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru and was asked to do everything to ensure Nikhil remained in the fray,” Sumalatha said.Manjushree issued a notice to Sumalatha seeking her explanation as to why the legal proceedings should not be initiated for making derogatory statements against the district administration. She said Sumalatha had been creating negative thoughts in the minds of the general public. She gave Sumalatha one day to reply to the notice.

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