Karnataka - Bangalore   

BJP ready to cooperate with JD(S): Shettar

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday continued its efforts to form a government if the upheaval in the Janata Dal (Secular) leads to the fall of the Dharam Singh Government.

Taking a cue from the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, B.S. Yediyurappa, the President of the State unit of the party, Jagadish Shettar, told presspersons that no legislator, including those from his party is interested in midterm elections. They are for an alternative arrangement if the existing one collapses. His party will wait and watch. However, he said that no discussion has taken place with the Janata Dal (S) President, H.D. Deve Gowda, in this regard.

The BJP, he said, is ready to cooperate with the JD(S) if there is a request from that party. The situation is favourable to the BJP and it will utilise the opportunity to its advantage. Being the single largest party after the elections, the BJP could have formed a government had not the Congress and the Janata Dal (S) come together, he added.

It is stated that the Uttarahalli MLA, R. Ashok, who identifies himself with the Ananth Kumar camp, took the initiative on Thursday and favours supporting a JD (S) government from outside.

Meanwhile, another group of legislators from the Ananth Kumar camp met here and discussed the chances of supporting the JD (S) to form a government without joining it. Mr. Yediyurappa, who held a meeting of some 40 MLAs on Wednesday, declared that the party is ready to form a government, sending shockwaves across the party.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

100 colleges to seek fresh accreditation
H.K. Patil's daughter sues college
So near, yet so far for BJP in State
Four more fire stations to be set up in city
Pedestrian-controlled traffic signals at eight more places
Thimappa to abide by court verdict
Cases of nasal allergies on the rise in city
BJP ready to cooperate with JD(S): Shettar
Siddaramaiah postpones meet for want of quorum
Labourer killed, three injured as portico collapses
Time extended
Scrapbook memoir on Rajkumar
Venues issuing voters' photo identity cards today
At Fireflies the earth is the first mother
Normal to excess rainfall in State
A car rally for the visually challenged
A new innings
A lesson in marketing tourism
Designer rakhis home delivered
Pyramid meditation
Around the City
In Bangalore Today

Copyright © 2005, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu