What GT Deve Gowda says on Cong-JDS alliance for Lok Sabha election?
Mysuru, May 29: Chamundeshwari constituency MLA G T Deve Gowda said that the party leadership would decide whether the JDS would require alliance with the Congress or not for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election after completing one year of JDS-Congress coalition government in the state.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, he said that it was a special election. The voters have given five seats to JDS in Mysuru city and district, he added thanking the voters.
In order to keep the communal forces away from the power and for the development of the state, the JDS has inevitably joined hands with the Congress. Both JDS and Congress are secular parties. After the coalition government completing one year, the party leaders would decided whether to go with the Congress or not for LS poll, he said.
He has the confidence that Kumaraswamy would complete five years as the Chief Minister. But some people have been saying that he is a short-term CM. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, AICC president Rahul Gandhi, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy have taken a decision. So, if some others spoke about the Chief Minister’s tenure, there is no need to read much about it, he said.
Only media has been showing that the Congress leaders have conditions on expanding the cabinet. But the Congress leaders have extended unconditional support to the JDS. But JDS leaders have decided to take Congress leaders into the cabinet. Cabinet expansion was delayed because it should not spoil the purpose of the coalition government. It was also delayed because of Rahul Gandhi’s foreign tour, he said.
CM Kumaraswamy has already met Congress senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and discussed on whom to be taken for the cabinet. It would be finalized in a couple of days. It is said that JDS is being given 12 portfolios. But the party has 37 MLAs and all of them are aspirants of the minister posts. But they would abide by the party decision, he said.
Farmers loan waiver
It is sure that CM Kumaraswamy would waive off the farmers loan. Before election, Kumaraswamy has announced that he would write off the farmers loan if JDS came to power. But the JDS did not get the majority due to which it is delayed. Because it is a coalition government, Kumaraswamy could not take unilateral decision on this issue. The CM has already discussed the issue with the officials concerned and got information and even made strategies. Though Kumaraswamy has promised of taking a decision within a week, the BJP leaders have called for Karnataka bandh and failed, he said.
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Bawankule slams Karnataka's Cong govt for plan to remove Savarkar portrait; seeks Uddhav's response
Mumbai, Dec 9: Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday slammed the Congress government in neighbouring Karnataka for deciding to remove the portrait of Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar from the Legislative Assembly there.
History will never forgive those who insult the legacy of Savarkar, who had endured immense suffering for the country's independence, Bawankule asserted.
"The decision of the Congress-led government in Karnataka to remove the portrait of Savarkar is highly condemnable and an insult of country's freedom movement," he said on social media platform X.
This was the Congress' attempt to undermine the sacrifices, pain and ideology of Savarkar.
"It directly insults his legacy and the ideals he stood for," Bawankule said, and asked if Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray would remain silent or speak up over this act of his party's ally.
Thackeray, who has abandoned Hindutva for political gain, has shown disregard for Savarkar's ideals by aligning with the Congress, he claimed.
This is why Thackeray's party is being called "Tipu Sena", Bawankule said.
Tipu Sultan, the 18th-century ruler of Mysuru, who lost his life in a battle against the British in 1799, is a polarising figure who is hailed as a fearless freedom fighter by his supporters, while his detractors condemn him as a zealot who persecuted Hindus.
"Those who insult Savarkar and his legacy, like the Congress and their allies, will never be forgiven by history," Bawankule said.
