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Bangalore, May 4: Politicians, it appears, are crying at the drop of a comment. During this election, many politicians are rushing to emulate former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda as far as shedding tears is concerned.

Persons, who earlier suspected the former Prime Minister's tears to be of the crocodile category, are now wearing their emotions on their sleeves.

Delimitation brought tears to KPCC president Mallikarjun M Kharge and Siddaramaiah, while former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy burst out crying during a public meeting.

Gowda, who bore the brunt of Kharge and Siddaramaiah's comments for his sobs, has not reacted yet. Probably, he understands that tears are a natural human response, and public figures are obviously not immune.

Siddaramaiah, who contested from Chamundeshwari in Mysore all these years, is contesting from Varuna now. He couldn't control his tears when the people from his old constituency said he had deserted him. “You have always stood by me. How can I ever forget you?'' he sobbed.

Same is the case with Kharge, who has changed his constituency from Gurmitkal to Chitapur in Gulbarga district. Gurmitkal, from where Kharge got elected eight times, has been reserved now.

Kharge became emotional when asked about how he felt about this change. He marvelled at how Gurmitkal constituency had stood by him all these years, and promptly burst into tears.

Kumaraswamy's tears flowed under different circumstances. On Thursday, while addressing a public meeting in Malavalli, a group of women complained about their previous MLA from JD(S), K Annadani. Upset about with this, Kumaraswamy remarked: "If you think I have worked for your welfare, then vote for us. Or else, don't vote." He abandoned his speech and started crying like a child, taking everybody by surprise.