Bengaluru sources stated that as one of the powerful families in the southern state, belonging to the politically dominant Vokkaliga community, Gowda told the media recently that he was keen on ensuring his two grandsons carry on his family's tradition of serving the people as two of his four sons have been doing over the years. JD-S spokesman Ramesh Babu told "What's wrong if he wants his grandsons to follow in the footsteps of their fathers and grandfather, as they were born and brought up in a political family? Politics and serving the people is in their DNA”.
Meanwhile when refuting suggestions that Gowda was perpetuating dynastic politics by fielding grandsons Prajwal and Nikhil in the party's bastions Hassan and Mandya Lok Sabha seats in the old Mysuru region, Babu said there was nothing wrong if the progeny took to politics like coots and ducks take to water.
Babu asserted "Why single out Gowda's family when hundreds of families continue in the occupations of their fathers and forefathers, be it agriculture, business, commerce, films, industry, politics or trade? It's common for every generation to carry on the legacy of its previous or past generations".
