The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : BSP has a good future in State: Sindhia

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BSP has a good future in State: Sindhia

M. Raghuram

BANGALORE: The former Minister P.G.R. Sindhia, who is set to join the Bahujan Samaj Party, has said that the party has a good future in the State.

Speaking to The Hindu, he said that those who had become disillusioned with the Congress and also want to keep a distance from the BJP were looking for an alternative.

Because of the recent political developments in the State, the Janata Dal (S) image had taken a beating. Leaders and workers in all these parties had become disillusioned, he said.

Mr. Sindhia said the oppressed classes were feeling left out in these parties as their political culture had allegedly blocked opportunities for them to grow and created difficulties in seeking solutions to problems.

He said the recent political crisis in the State had exposed the BJP, the Congress and the Janata Dal (S).

Mr. Sindhia said during his tour of north Karnataka last week he found that leaders in taluk panchayats, zilla panchayats and civic bodies of other parties had shown interest in joining the BSP.

He said he had toured Bagalkot, Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Bidar and Gulbarga and would visit Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu and Hassan from Monday. Stating that the Assembly would not be revived, Mr. Sindhia said the BSP was ready to contest the elections. Mr. Sindhia called on Janata Dal (S) leader M. Rajashekara Murthy and requested him to join the BSP. He also had discussions with Shakuntala Hegde, wife of the former Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde.

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