After joining the JD(S) party, Mr. Krishnappa filled the post left by the former Chief Minister of Karnataka, H.D. Kumaraswamy. Kumaraswamy resigned from the post holding moralistic liability for the inadequate enforcement and performance of the party during those freshly decided bypolls in 2013. Following the polls, Mr. Deve Gowda said to press persons of The Hindu that by naming A. Krishnappa, one thing had been confirmed. It is that the JD(S) was not a political party of father and son as it was claimed by other political critics. “This is the testimony of the party’s concern for backward classes,” as mentioned in the news reports. 