CM Kumaraswamy condemns BJP over Mumbai, Vidhana Soudha incidents
Bengaluru, Jul 10: Condemning the BJP over detention of his cabinet colleagues in Mumbai and for the protest at the Vidhana Soudha here, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Wednesday accused it of crossing all boundaries of democracy and civil code of conduct.
In a strongly-worded statement here, he sought to know from the BJP whether it was polity of democracy or the ugly display of its tyrannical mindset.
Maintaining that four Karnataka Ministers, including D K Shivakumar, were taken into custody by Mumbai police, he said it was not only a violation of the protocol but also a reflection of the "feudal mindset".
Karnataka has become a laughing stock due to their (BJPs) behaviour guided by their lust for power. Is it a polity of democracy or an ugly display of its tyrannical mindset? Kumaraswamy said.
He charged that the BJPs behaviour "crossed all the boundaries of democracy and the civil code of conduct."
The way the ministers, elected representatives, were treated was not only a violation of the protocol but also a reflection of the feudal mindset. The BJP government in Maharashtra should have given protection to the minister but they were treated with indignity.It has made it clear that the Maharashtra government is out to destabilise the Karnataka government, Kumaraswamy alleged.
Shivakumar and his Congress colleagues Milind Deora and Naseem Khan were detained Wednesday outside the Renaissance Hotel where the rebel MLAs are holed up as they insisted on meeting the legislators who have resigned, triggering a crisis for the Congress-JDS coalition government.
Referring to BJP's protest against alleged detention of another Congress rebel MLA K Sudhakar in the Vidhana Soudha after he resigned, Kumaraswamy said it tarnished the rich political tradition of Karnataka.
Congress leaders tried in vain to convince the MLA to withdraw his resignation, but he stuck to his stand.
Alleging that he was detained by the Congress leaders, BJP leaders and MLAs had staged a protest before police escorted Sudhakar out of the premises.
Sudhakar was among the two MLAs who resigned from the assembly Wednesday.
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Odisha: BJD suspends 6 MLAs for cross-voting in RS polls
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Bhubaneswar (PTI): The Biju Janata Dal on Saturday suspended six of its MLAs for cross-voting during the recent election to four Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha.
The suspended legislators were Chakramani Kanhar of Baliguda seat, Naba Kishor Mallick of Jayadev constituency, Souvic Biswal of Choudwar-Cuttack, Subasini Jena of Basta, Ramakanta Bhoi of Tirtol and Devi Ranjan Tripathy of Banki, an order by party chief Naveen Patnaik showed.
The suspension decision was taken at the opposition party's Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting presided over by Patnaik.
The six MLAs were issued a show-cause notice on March 17.
They submitted their replies on Friday evening, and those were found not satisfactory, said the BJD's chief whip in the Assembly, Pramila Mallik.
The ruling BJP won two of the four Rajya Sabha seats while the opposition BJD and a saffron party-backed Independent candidate bagged one seat each in the biennial polls held last Monday.
While the total number of BJP legislators and Independent MLAs supporting the ruling party was 82 in the 147-member House, the saffron party candidates secured 93 first preference votes, which was 11 more than its strength in the Assembly.
Of these 11 votes, eight were of BJD MLAs and three of Congress legislators, an official had said.
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