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AIPJD believes in principles of Congress: Kodandaramaiah

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Party is committed to secularism and social justice, says working president

SIMILAR BELIEFS: P. Kodandaramaiah, working president of All India Progressive Janata Dal, at a meeting of party workers on Tuesday. K.Kamalakar Gokarna, former MLC, is also seen. — Photo: R. Eswarraj

MANGALORE: The working president of All India Progressive Janata Dal (AIPJD) P. Kodandaramaiah said here on Tuesday that his party had decided to merge with the Congress, as it believed in their commitment to secularism and social justice.

Addressing a meeting of AIPJD workers here, he claimed that his party was committed to secularism and social justice. It matched with the principles of the Congress.

Mr. Kodandaramaiah said that various families controlled the Janata Dal factions in the country. In Haryana, Karnataka, Bihar and Orissa where Janata Dal factions were in forefront, members of a few families shared political power, he added.

He alleged that the coalition government in the State had failed to address the problems of the poor.

Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of promoting communalism, he said it had ignored the basic needs of people. Instead of dealing with the problems related to housing, food and providing drinking water the BJP had raised the temple issue.

The former MP Kamalar Gokarna, leader of the AIPJD, alleged that the BJP was a capitalist party and lacked concern for the problems of the poor.

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