Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy suffered a nosebleed while addressing the media about the BJP-JDS padayatra at Bengaluru's Gold Finch Hotel. He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. The minister's nose started bleeding in the middle of his address to the media. Footage from the spot showed his shirt smeared with blood.
H.D. Kumaraswamy has participated in a series of programmes since morning. He visited a temple in Nanjangud town, then arrived in Mysuru to hold meetings and address the media. In the afternoon, he arrived in Bengaluru and took part in the BJP and the JD-S leaders’ meeting. While H.D. Kumaraswamy was addressing the media along with former Karmataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, Karnataka unit BJP president B.Y. Vijayendra, and Opposition leader R. Ashoka, he suddenly suffered a nosebleed.Despite this, H.D. Kumaraswamy did not panic and asked Yediyurappa to address the media, then stepped aside while pressing a hand towel to his nose.The Union Minister, according to the hospital authorities, is currently being examined. “A clearer picture will emerge once the report of tests is available,” a hospital official said.