BANGALORE: Close on the heels of stressing the need for "raja dharma" in the coalition Government, former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda has suggested a three-point formula for sharing power between the coalition partners at the district and taluk levels while making political nominations to various administrative committees.

The former Prime Minister's three-point formula provides for representation to the Opposition Congress also while forming such committees in the constituencies represented by Congress MLAs. But he has sought more representation to the Janata Dal (Secular) than the Bharatiya Janata Pary (BJP) in the committees in Congress constituencies.

Mr. Deve Gowda wrote to prominent ministers in the coalition Government, including Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, on May 4 asking them to restructure the district and taluk-level committees based on his formula. There are 12 taluk-level committees and six district-level committees to which political nominations can be made.

In his letter, Mr. Deve Gowda said JD(S) workers had brought to his notice that members of only "one party" had been nominated to the taluk and district-level committees such as regularisation committee, Ashraya committee, District Credit Co-operative Bank, Primary Land Development Bank, Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee, Land Tribunal and Consumers' forum.

"But, I do not like to blame any particular party for such a lapse as it might have happened in the constituencies represented by our party MLAs as well as those of the BJP," he said. He advised them to follow a formula-based approach for making nominations to such committees. He also asked them not to ignore the representation of the Opposition parties while making such nominations. According to the formula, the above committees, which have a total strength of four members, should have three from the BJP and one from the JD(S) in the constituencies represented by the BJP.

In the constituencies represented by the JD(S), the panels should have three from the JD (S) and one from the BJP. The constituencies of the Congress should have two members from the JD (S) and one each from the BJP and the Congress.

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