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BJP blames Congress for impasse in State

DAVANGERE: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strongly criticised the Congress for not discussing the issue of formation of a Government in the State at the Union Cabinet meeting in Delhi on Friday.

Siddeshwar, Davangere MP, led a procession of BJP workers from the Beeralingeshwara ground to the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Friday demanding that the Governor invite the BJP to form the Government in coalition with the Janata Dal (Secular) immediately. He said that the Union Cabinet had met twice after Governor Rameshwar Thakur had submitted his report. But the People could understand the motives of the Congress, he said.

He said that the BJP MPs led by party president Rajnath Singh and M. Venkaiah Naidu, MP, had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before the first Cabinet meeting and apprised him of the situation in Karnataka where the BJP was the single largest party and also enjoyed the support of the JD(S). The BJP delegation had appealed to the Prime Minister to direct the Governor to invite the BJP to form the government in accordance with the constitutional provisions. However, the Union Cabinet was yet to consider the matter.

The BJP MP said that the behaviour of the Governor gave the impression that he was functioning like an agent of the Congress. Over 129 MLAs of the BJP and the JD(S) had gone to the Raj Bhavan a few days ago to show that they had a majority and appealed to the Governor to invite the coalition to form the Government.

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