BANGALORE, Sept 1: Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda today ``unconditionally apologised'' to State unit Janata Dal president B L Shankar over his son's alleged misconduct with him.Gowda's son, H D Kumaraswamy, a former MP, had allegedly threatened and abused Shankar last week over phone on party affairs.
His apology comes in the wake of reports which said Kumaraswamy had used foul language against Shankar over reported attempts to wean away Gowda's supporters to the Patel group and that the former prime minister was interfering in the appointment of chairmen to boards and corporations.
Gowda told reporters it was true that his son spoke in `an angry tone' but he had denied having abused Shankar.
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