BJP high command gives Shetter free hand to dissolve House

New Delhi/Bangalore, Feb 25: The BJP central leadership is learnt to have given a free hand to Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar to take a decision on dissolving the Assembly before the ensuing elections.

The advice of the party's central leadership to Shettar comes at a time, when 13 ruling party MLAs have quit their Assembly membership and the party, and resignations of three more are pending before the Speaker K?G?Bopaiah.

Two more legislators Raju Gouda, who recently quit as Small Scale Industries minister, and Sagar MLA?Belur Gopalkrishna have announced their decision to quit the BJP.

The Shettar government will be reduced to a minority if Gouda and Gopalkrishna quit and, the Speaker accepts all the resignations, including the three kept on hold.

During his recent visit to New Delhi, Shettar is learnt to have brought the recent developments in the party to the notice of party president Rajnath Singh. It is learnt that Singh advised Shettar that the central leadership would not interfere if the State unit favoured dissolution of the Assembly.

Shettar is understood to have told the central leadership that he will take a final call after taking his Cabinet colleagues into confidence. A section of the central leadership is learnt to have favoured dissolution instead of sticking to power at a time when several ministers and MLAs were deserting the party. Senior leader and former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, who met Singh last week, also pitched strongly for the dissolution.

The issue of dissolving the Assembly is likely to be discussed informally at Monday's cabinet meeting in Bangalore. State party president and Deputy?Chief Minister K?S?Eshwarappa said the party was ready for any eventuality. “We will see how many more will quit the party and then take an appropriate decision”.

He accused the Congress of trying to create trouble for the government. “If we are directed by the Governor to seek a trust vote, we are ready for it. We will expose on the floor of the House, the conspiracy hatched by the Congress,” Eshwarappa said.

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JD(S) leader G T Devegowda backs CM Siddaramaiah in MUDA row, taunts HDK

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October 4,2024

Mysuru: Chairman of JD(S) core committee and Chamundeshwari constituency MLA G T Devegowda on Thursday expressed his solidarity with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah saying the latter need not resign, while lambasting leaders of his own party and alliance partner BJP, including Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy.

In his speech during Mysuru Dasara inauguration he said that if persons against whom FIR is registered have to resign, many leaders from all the three parties, including Opposition Leader R Ashoka, will have to resign.

“All are sitting in glass houses... Since I know Siddaramaiah well, I am talking about him. At a time when mines and real estate are ruling politics, Siddaramaiah has survived in politics. He has never done any favour,” Devegowda said.

He added, “Allegations against Siddaramaiah are unexpected and accidental. If the Governor and Chief Justice order an investigation, it does not mean that he should resign."

He continued, asking, "Have they told Siddaramaiah to resign or have they asked to imprison him? When a person becomes a Central minister, he or she should realise their dignity and responsibility. Instead of recognising the good work done by Siddaramaiah, they ask him to resign. Will Kumarswamy (facing an FIR) resign? Should Siddaramaiah, who has become CM with a support of 135 MLAs, resign?"

"Opposition leaders are not remembering the good work of earlier CMs Kengal Hanumanthaiah, Veerendra Patil, Ramakrishna Hegde, H D Deve Gowda or S M Krishna. Karnataka is a model state. It is a bad trend to topple an elected government which is doing good work,” he further said.

Devegowda added, “Siddaramaiah is Goddess Chamundeshwari’s ‘Varaputra’ and hence has her blessings during tough times. He won the election in Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency, when the BJP-JD(S) government was in power in 2006. With the blessings of the Goddess, he has held varied positions right from becoming an MLA for the first time in 1983. He presented 15 budgets and has become CM for a second time. He took H C Mahadevappa, a Dalit leader to the state level. Siddaramaiah has the support of Deputy CM D K Shivakumar as ‘Jodeththu’. Blessings of the beneficiaries of guarantee schemes are with him (Siddaramaiah).”

Siddaramaiah said, “Devegowda was a MUDA member. He knows the truth. Hence, he is saying this. His words have filled strength in me. ‘Satyameva Jayate’, Truth will always triumph.”

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