Bengaluru, May 16: Probable chief minister candidate of the Congress Party-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance, H.D. Kumaraswamy, on Wednesday stated that his decision to accept the alliance was to remove the black spot from his father, former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s career.
“I have been presented with offers from both sides; I am not saying this loosely. There’s a black spot on my father’s career because of my decision to go with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2004 and 2005. Now, god has given me an opportunity to remove this black spot, therefore, I am going with the Congress,” he said while addressing a press conference here.
Responding to a question on meeting BJP state in-charge Prakash Javadekar, Kumaraswamy dodged the question, saying “Who is Javadekar? Who is that gentleman?”
Lashing out at the alleged bribing of JD(S) MLAs, Kumaraswamy questioned why no inquiry was being conducted by the income tax department on the source of the cash being offered.
“JD(S) MLAs are being offered Rs.100 crore each. Where is this black money coming from? They (BJP) are supposedly the servers of poor people, and they are offering money today. Where are the income tax officials?” he asked.
Amid allegations of BJP attempting to poach MLAs of his party, Kumaraswamy stated that the same would be done by him as well in retaliation.
“Forget ‘Operation Kamal’ being successful; there are people who are ready to leave the BJP and come with us. If you try to poach one (leader) from ours, we’ll do the same and take double from you. I’m also telling the Governor to not take any decision which encourages horse-trading,” said Kumaraswamy.
Earlier in the day, the JD(S) in its meeting chose Kumaraswamy unanimously as the leader of the legislative party leader.
Results of the Karnataka Assembly polls announced on Tuesday evening showed that the BJP won 104 seats, emerging as the single largest party, while the Congress and JD (S) bagged 78 and 37 seats, respectively.
Soon after, the Congress announced that it would support the JD (S), taking their total seat share to 117, thus resulting in a fractured mandate.
As the results of the poll in the state have left the assembly in hung, the final decision will be taken by the Governor, Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala.
Bengaluru, Feb 14: After the swearing-in of ten former JDS and Congress MLAs, political boundaries seem to have become more fluid, with little clarity on who is on whose side. When Honnali BJP MLA Renukacharya visited senior Congressman DK Shivakumar at the latter’s residence, many eyebrows were raised over the reason behind the meeting. There was speculation over why Renukacharya would be meeting a man who is, in all likelihood, slated to be the next KPCC president.
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Only the solution is people who elected such dishonest MLA should be tortured and distroyed also the buying party leaders should face the same punishment, without any mercy. If few incidents take place, nobody will dare to do devil trading. It is not just horse trading.
May God help.
These things are happening and continuing as long as there is no any law to stop such betrayals.
This is a big betrayal.
1. First of all the law should not allow them to do so as they are contesting on behalf of a party. Such MLA or MPs should not have individual power to do so rather than it should be decided by their party.
2. In case there is no such law to restrict them as present situation, then it is the right of the people to punish such MLA/MPs. Because these people are cheating the voters who elected them. Such people should face death sentence. The receiving party also equally responsible for such mulpractices. They should also be severly punished by death sentence by the people until the effective law is made and implemented.
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