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Ego clashes led to split in Janata Parivar: Shankar

B.L. Shankar

Bangalore: Attributing multiple splits in the Janata Parivar to ego clash and personal differences among the frontline leaders, the former chairperson of the Legislative Council B.L. Shankar said that formation of stable government at the Centre and States would not be a political reality in the near future unless those leaders concerned do some “introspection on their murky political deeds.”

Mr. Shankar was speaking at a condolence meeting organised by the Bharat Yatra Kendra to condole the death of the former Chief Minister S.R. Bommai and the former chairman of the Marketing and Consulting Agency (a Government of Karnataka undertaking) T. Govardhan here on Tuesday.

Tracing the origin, growth and splits in the State unit of the Janata Party and the Janata Dal, Mr. Shankar said that no major leader in any political party in the country, including the Congress and Left parties, was absolved of the “human instincts such as selfishness, ego, ambition and personal feuds.”

They were clever enough to cover their magical political term ideology.

“Let the persons responsible for the fall of the Ramakrishna Hegde Government, the S. R. Bommai Government and the exit of the J.H. Patel Government recollect their contribution and ask their conscience. It is unfortunate that the decision of only a handful of powerful people at a particular juncture will remain politically relevant. We politicians should know that only the history will decide over the question of relevance and right and wrong. Formation of stable governments is possible only with the emergence of two-party system. But it will only be an illusion to aspire and expect that to be happened during the political tenure of our generation,” he said.

The former Minister P.G. R. Sindhia said that the “discouraging” political ambience had been preventing people with sound academic background and integrity from entering politics.

The former Minister Leeladevi R. Prasad, the Bharat Yatra Kendra secretary Nagarajamurthy and others spoke.

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