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JD(S) MLAs against transfer of power

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State unit has been struggling to patch up its differences over who should be the Chief Minister from September, Janata Dal (Secular) MLA from Hegadadevanakote M.P. Venkatesh has asserted that the legislators of his party were not in favour of transferring power to the BJP and that they only favoured continuation of the H. D. Kumaraswamy Ministry or mid-term elections.

Clarifying that he was speaking on behalf of his party MLAs, Mr. Venaktesh told presspersons here on Friday that the party MLAs had been regretting the “blunder” committed by ignoring the advice of the party president H.D. Deve Gowda that not to join hands with the BJP.

“Now we have realised the reason behind his piece of advice.

We have arrived at a consensus on taking corrective measures in the interest of the party and people of the State. But we do not want Mr. Gowda’s intervention.

“We have committed the wrong and we will correct it ourselves. We have communicated the same to Mr. Gowda,” he said.

Asked when they had realised their “wrong,” Mr. Venkatesh said the party had been disheartened and disappointed by the attitude of the BJP in implementing the ambitious loan waiver scheme for helping distressed farmers.

The BJP had started taking credit for all development works ignoring its coalition partner. It had even “overlooked the Chief Minister and other Ministers” in availing financial approval for many programmes and implementing them obviously with political purposes, he alleged.

“We have been thinking on the issue of transferring power for the past six months. We are neither happy with the BJP’s governance nor its attitude to public issues. We will make right decision at right time, say in another two months,” he said.

Asked to clarify whether the JD ((S) Legislator Party was keen on the continuation of the Kumaraswamy Ministry or deprive the BJP of its promised tenure in power, Mr. Venaktesh said “We have two alternatives, continuation of the Kumaraswamy Government or elections.”

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