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Shameful

The Janata Dal (Secular), which contested the last elections to the Karnataka Assembly against both the BJP and the Congress, aligned with the Congress to form the Government saying the BJP is not secular. The same JD (S) has no qualms in aligning with the BJP now for power. The party whose leader once occupied the highest post in the Government has lost its credibility.

T. Radhakrishna,
Hyderabad

A real black day for Karnataka politics. Political parties and politicians have shown how power can drive them to anything. A coalition that was formed to keep at bay the communal forces has taken a complete u-turn.

Anshul Dhamija,
Bangalore

Politicians who have all along sworn by secularism and claimed they will not touch the communal BJP with a bargepole stand exposed.

C.R. Narayanan,
Cuddalore, T.N.

At last the Government that has been surviving on a sword's edge seems all set to come down in Karnataka. It is an irony that a coalition was born 19 months ago between parties that fought against each other. Mr. Gowda had no compunction in aligning with the same party that threw him out of the Prime Minister's seat. Secularism was the convenient reason to keep out the BJP, the single largest party. But now the same politicians have lost the moral right to talk about secularism.

Anand Vardhan Bandi,
Bangalore

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