BANGALORE: The former Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader P.G.R. Sindhia has said that he will remain in the party and that there is no question of him joining any other party, including the Congress.

He told presspersons here on Tuesday that Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy's remark that he was a "Congress agent" and that the day was not far off when he would join the Congress party was baseless.

"The very foundation of the party has been rocked by those who have strayed from the ideology of secularism on which the party was founded," he said.

Meanwhile, Mr. Sindhia has decided to campaign for the former Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Chamundeshwari for three days from December 1.

Asked whether it would not be tantamount to anti-party activity, he said, "No not at all. It is in line with the party's secular ideology. If at all anybody is indulging in anti-party activities, it is Deve Gowda." With reference to the move of M.P. Veerendra Kumar, and himself to expel Mr. Deve Gowda from the Janata Dal (Secular), Mr. Sindhia said they were forced to take such a step since the party was straying from its ideology under the leadership of Mr. Deve Gowda.

The national council meeting of the JD (S) would be held either in the last week of December or the first week of January in Thiruvananthapuram, he said.

Expulsion move

On Mr. Deve Gowda stating that those wanting to expel him had to first read through the party's constitution, Mr. Sindhia said the present constitution of the Janata Dal (Secular) was a copy of that of the erstwhile Janata Dal.

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