He was speaking after inaugurating a JD(S) convention at Kuppepadavu near here on Sunday afternoon.
"Elect our party candidates as MLAs from this region in the next election and see the difference in fortunes”, said the former chief mister.
“You have given enough opportunities to both BJP and Congress, which have completely failed to provide good governance. The policy of both parties is to divide the society on religious lines. BJP project itself as savior of Hindus and Hinduism while the Congress portray itself as the savior of minorities like Christians and Muslims”, he said adding that there was no difference between the two parties.
Mr Kumaraswamy said that during his 20-month long tenure as the chief minister of Karnataka, he was able to take many pro-people decisions. “Banning of lottery was one among them. I was pressurized not to ban the lottery. Some people even tried to bribe me. But, I did not want to run the party on sinful money”, he said.
Latter, responding to media persons Mr Kumaraswamy said that JD(S) would contest independently for the impending Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency by-poll. “The party will shortly announce the name of a suitable candidate. We are yet to decide on whether the candidate should be from Udupi or from Chikmagalur” he said.
Replying to a query the former CM said that he was fine with Karnataka High Court's decision that allowed probe into specific allegations him and external affairs minister SM Krishna in a complaint relating to illegal mining.
"There is specific reference to this issue with Sai Venkateshwara Minerals in the report given by the Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde to the state government, along with references to Krishna and Dharam Singh," he said.
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