Kumaraswamy hits back at Rahul Gandhi for remark on regional parties, says Congress has phobia
Bengaluru, May 16: Congress is facing a phobia of regional parties, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy said on Monday while taking a swipe at the grand old party leader Rahul Gandhi for his critical comments on those parties.
In an apparent sarcastic note, he asked the former Congress president to elaborate to regional parties about ideological commitment, while saying that the national party has no presence in most parts of the country.
He said the Congress toppled the I K Gujral-led United Front government, demanding that DMK be kept out of the Cabinet by citing the links of the Dravidian party with the LTTE in the backdrop of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. But, the same Congress in the later years shared a cordial, political relationship with that party.
"Is sharing power with the same DMK for 10 years in UPA-1 and -2 governments, led by Manmohan Singh, an ideological commitment?" he questioned in a tweet.
In his address at his party's "Chintan Shivir" (brainstorming camp) in Udaipur, Gandhi had claimed that regional parties cannot fight the BJP and the RSS as they lack ideology. The Congress can fight them, he had said.
Noting that Rahul Gandhi claims that Congress alone has the strength to defeat the BJP, the former Chief Minister said he (Rahul) should not forget that his party enjoyed power for 10 years on the strength of regional parties.
"Is joining hands (with BJP) for the immoral operation 'Lotus' through the back door, after coming to our (JD-S) door with an alliance proposal and forming a coalition government with us, an ideological commitment? Is destroying alliance partners ideology-based politics?" he further questioned the Congress.
As 2018 polls threw up a hung verdict, Congress and JD(S), which fought elections separately, joined hands to form a coalition government in Karnataka under the leadership of Kumaraswamy.
However, the government fell after 14 months due to dissidence within, and with MLAs from both parties resigning and joining the BJP.
Stating that Congress is facing a phobia of regional parties, Kumaraswamy said, "It has no presence in most of the States like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha. Congress is in its last days in Karnataka. It will be better if Rahul Gandhi understands that."
ಸೈದ್ಧಾಂತಿಕ ಬದ್ಧತೆ ಎಂದರೆ..
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) May 16, 2022
ರಾಜೀವ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಹತ್ಯೆ ಪ್ರಕರಣದ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯ ನೆಪ ನೀಡಿ, ಡಿಎಂಕೆ-ಎಲ್ಟಿಟಿಇ ಸಂಬಂಧವನ್ನು ಮುನ್ನೆಲೆಗೆ ತಂದು ಆ ಪಕ್ಷವನ್ನು ಸಂಪುಟದಿಂದ ಹೊರಗಿಡಬೇಕು ಎಂದ್ಹೇಳಿ ಐ.ಕೆ.ಗುಜ್ರಾಲ್ ನೇತೃತ್ವದ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ರಂಗ ಸರಕಾರವನ್ನು ಉರುಳಿಸಿದ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷವು ಆಮೇಲೆ ಅದೇ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಹೆಗಲ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೈ ಹಾಕಿದ್ದಾ!? 2/6
ಯುಪಿಎ 1 & 2 ಸರಕಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಡಾ.ಮನಮೋಹನ್ ಸಿಂಗ್ ನೇತೃತ್ವದ ಸಂಪುಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದೇ ಡಿಎಂಕೆಯ ಜತೆ 10 ವರ್ಷ ಅಧಿಕಾರದ ಸೋಪಾನ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು ಸೈದ್ಧಾಂತಿಕ ಬದ್ಧತೆಯಾ? 3/6
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) May 16, 2022
ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಸೋಲಿಸುವ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ʼಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಇದೆ ಎನ್ನುವ ರಾಹುಲ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಅವರು, ತಮ್ಮ ಪಕ್ಷ 10 ವರ್ಷ ಅಧಿಕಾರದ ಸುಖ ಅನುಭವಿಸಿದ್ದು ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಪಕ್ಷಗಳ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತು ದಾಕ್ಷಿಣ್ಯದಿಂದ ಎನ್ನುವುದನ್ನು ಮರೆಯಬಾರದು. 4/6
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) May 16, 2022
ಮೈತ್ರಿ ಸರಕಾರ ಮಾಡೋಣ ಎಂದು ಮನೆ ಬಾಗಿಲಿಗೆ ಬಂದು, ಸರಕಾರವನ್ನೂ ಮಾಡಿ ಹಿಂಬಾಗಿಲಿನಿಂದ ಆಪರೇಷನ್ ಕಮಲವೆಂಬ ಅನೈತಿಕ ರಾಜಕಾರಣಕ್ಕೆ ʼಕೈʼಜೋಡಿಸಿದ್ದು ಸೈದ್ಧಾಂತಿಕ ಬದ್ಧತೆಯಾ? ಮಿತ್ರಪಕ್ಷಗಳನ್ನೇ ನುಂಗಿಹಾಕುವುದೂ ಸೈದ್ಧಾಂತಿಕ ರಾಜಕಾರಣವಾ? 5/6
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) May 16, 2022
ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಪಕ್ಷಗಳ ಭೀತಿ ಎದುರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಫೋಬಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್; ಆಂಧ್ರ, ತೆಲಂಗಾಣ, ಒಡಿಶಾ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಯಾವ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಹೆಸರಿಲ್ಲದಾಗಿದೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಕೊನೆಗಾಲದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ರಾಹುಲ್ಗಾಂಧಿ ಅರ್ಥ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡರೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು. 6/6
— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) May 16, 2022
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TN Governor should invite Vijay to form govt, then prove majority: Former MP Prakash Ambedkar
Mumbai: Senior politician and constitutional expert Prakash Ambedkar has opined that Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar should invite the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam President Vijay to form the government as his party emerged as the single largest party in the Assembly elections.
Ambedkar, who is a Mumbai-based advocate, activist and also the grandson of Dr. BR Ambedkar, is a former Parliamentarian.
Citing articles from the Constitution and similar incidents in the political history of the nation, Prakash Ambedkar has explained why Vijay cannot be stopped from forming the government in Tamil Nadu, reports Deccan Herald.
“Merely doubt over whether the TVK has the necessary number cannot suffice to withhold the invitation to the party to form the government. The Governor should invite Vijay, President of TVK, the single-largest party, to form the government and assume office as the next Chief Minister. After taking charge, as per the Article 164 (2) of the Constitution, Vijay will have to prove that his government has a majority in the House,” Ambedkar explained.
He also gave examples from India’s political history supporting his argument.
Ambedkar cited the example of the 1989 Lok Sabha elections and said that, although the Congress (I) emerged the single-largest party with 194 seats, Rajiv Gandhi declined the invitation by President R Venkataraman to form the government. “My friend Vishwanath Pratap Singh, leader of the National Front, was then invited and sworn in as Prime Minister on December 2, 1989,” he added.
He then recalled the 1996 elections to the Lower House of the Parliament, when the BJP emerged the single-largest party, but the Parliament was hung as the BJP lacked a majority. “Atal Bihari Vajpayee was invited by President Shankar Dayal Sharma to form the government and was sworn in as Prime Minister. Vajpayee resigned 13 days later on May 28, 1996, after failing to secure majority support in the Lok Sabha,” Ambedkar explained.
