Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, who was admitted to a private hospital with respiratory illness, was discharged on Sunday afternoon, the hospital said.
The Janata Dal (Secular) rebuffed an approach by Nitish Kumar to merge with his Janata Dal (United) party, ex-Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda told NDTV Tuesday, two weeks after the Karnataka outfit allied with the BJP to contest next year's election.