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‘Gowda responsible for BJP coming to power’

Staff Correspondent

MANGALORE: The former Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president B. Janardhana Poojary, MP, alleged here on Friday that H.D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal (Secular) president, and his family members would be responsible for paving the way for a “communal Chief Minister” from the BJP rising to power in the State.

Addressing presspersons here, he alleged that Mr. Gowda was playing a “drama” to appease minorities.

He termed the developments that led to the BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) coming together to form the government in the State again as “unfortunate.”

“A ‘communal’ Chief Minister is taking charge. It is Deve Gowda who colluded with the BJP. He is responsible for the same. It will go into the history and people will not forget the action of Mr. Gowda,” Mr. Poojary alleged.

He claimed that D.V. Sadananda Gowda, president of the State unit of the BJP, recently alleged in Shimoga that the former Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy had swindled crores of rupees during his tenure.

The government must hold an inquiry into the same. At the same time Mr. Kumaraswamy had said that the BJP was responsible for communal violence at Ullal.

An inquiry should be conducted into the role of BJP in the Ullal violence, he said.

Mr. Poojary alleged that the BJP has begged for power with the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Centre.

If it had any morality, it should have refrained from aligning with the Janata Dal (Secular) again, he said.

He claimed that Governor Rameshwar Thakur had acted as per the Constitution and consulted experts in recommending the Centre to revoke President’s Rule.

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