Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (DC)
Bengaluru, May 22: Though the Congress and the JD(S) have joined hands to form the next government following fractured verdict in Karnataka, the JD(S) seems to be not interested to continue the alliance in other upcoming elections.
Earlier after joining hands with the Congress, the JD(S) suffered setback and eventually broke with several leaders switching sides and it is the only reason to limit the alliance only to form government in the state this time.
One faction in the JD(S) opine that since the party is yet to recover from past alliances it is better not to consider alliance in the upcoming elections. They have brought the matter to the notice of JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda too. However, they have left the final decision to be taken by their high command.
JD(S) & Congress chiefs - Kumaraswamy and Parameshwara
It may be recalled that in 2004, Karnataka witnessed hung assembly. The secular parties Congress and the JD(S) joined hands despite BJP emerging single largest party. But the alliance lasted only for 20 months and H D Kumaraswamy claimed that the Congress was trying to divide his party. He later made an alliance with the BJP and formed the government. But the same decision led to the fall of JD(S) with several leaders like Siddaramaiah who was the deputy chief minister in the coalition government joining Congress. JD(S) could not recover from the setback even in 2008 and 2013 elections. Recently 7 rebel JD(S) leaders joined the Congress leaving the party completely limited to Deve Gowda and his sons. Even today the JD(S) is strong only in the Old Mysuru region.
The Congress reportedly is not in favour of JD(S) considering B M Farooq to a ministerial post as well as electing him to Vidhana Parishad. The Congress has demanded its lone MLA from Dakshina Kannada U T Khader to be given the ministerial post as well as appoint him as the district-in-charge minister.
The JD(S) leaders believe that if they continue to join hands with the Congress, the party might suffer miserably. The sources close to Kumaraswamy say that he too opines that the future alliance with the Congress might affect the party and has not accepted all the demands in forming new ministry ahead of creation of new government.
Elections for Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituencies are yet to be held.