Will this video help H D Kumaraswamy prove his point?

Bengaluru: Is CM H.D. Kumaraswamy behind leaking of a video in which former Congress legislators of Mandya are seen having dinner with Ms Sumalatha Ambareesh, an independent candidate of the constituency, at a private hotel Tuesday night? According to sources, intelligence sleuths received a tip-off about the dinner hosted by Ms Sumalatha allegedly to thank the Congress leaders for their support in the Lok Sabha poll, and got hold of the CCTV footage of the evening to present to Mr Kumarasway, who is at a naturopathy clinic near Udupi.

Going by sources, once the CM received the video footage, he made sure it reached private Kannada TV channels to prove his point that the Mandya Congress leaders did not work for his son and JD(S) candidate, Nikhil, despite the orders of Congress president, Rahul Gandhi. It is believed the video has also helped him in exposing former Congress MLAs like N Cheluvarayaswamy,  P M Narendra Swamy, Ramesh Bandisiddegowda,  Chandrashekar and others, and lay the ground for action against them.

His other objective was to reportedly target former CM  Siddaramaiah who allegedly held secret meetings with these ex-legislators and did not stop them from campaigning for Ms Sumalatha. It is now believed the Chief Minister plans to ask Mr Rahul Gandhi to take disciplinary action against Mr Cheluvarayaswamy and the other Congress leaders and  keep Mr Siddaramaiah out of the coalition government for his role in the affair .

Mr Kumaraswawmy had some weeks ago complained to state Congress leaders about the support Ms Sumalatha was getting from the former legislators, but received no help and is now reportedly hoping the video will come to his aid.