Daijiworld Media Network - Shivamogga (SP)

Shivamogga, Feb 24: State water resources minister, D K Shivakumar, has accused BJP of continuing with its efforts to destabilise the coalition government in the state. Speaking at Channapatna in Ramanagara district on Saturday February 23, he predicted the doom of BJP's plans. At the same time, speaking at Shivamogga, former deputy chief minister and BJP leader, K S Eshwarappa, claimed that BJP is not trying to bring down the government by the chief minster himself is fed up with his association with the Congress and seeking to part ways with the coalition partner.

Shivakumar was addressing the people after taking part in a function organized by the district administration at Channapatna to inaugurate various development works. "State BJP president, B S Yeddyurappa, has been relentlessly trying to cause the downfall of the state government. But our leaders including myself and Kumaraswamy, have not yet used the weapons in our armour till now. We have decided to wait till the end before firing our arms if found necessary to stalemate Yeddyurappa. Our government cannot be made unstable," he said.

Taking a dig at former Channapatna MLA, C P Yogeshwar, he said that a person from here has also been sitting in Bengaluru and trying to unseat the state government. "This person had succeeded in taking a person from our side to BJP through Operation Lotus. But the person who crossed over got fed up with the style of functioning of BJP leaders, got in touch with D K Suresh and Kumaraswamy, and came back into our fold," he stated.

In the meanwhile, speaking to media persons at Shivamogga, K S Eshwarappa said that Kumaraswamy is desperate to exit the alliance with Congress party. "Kumaraswamy himself has confessed that the coalition with the Congress has put him in a bind. If someone questions him, he might deny it. But if he is true to his conscience, he cannot deny what he said," he said and asked Siddaramaiah to seek apology from the people of Karnataka for making baseless allegations against BJP.

At the same time, speaking at Shahapur in Yadgir district, Yeddyurappa accused the state government of indulging in hate politics instead of concentrating on development. He said that BJP with a strength of 104 MLAs has got only one crore rupees each to undertake development works in their individual constituencies. "At the same time, in constituencies represented by Congress and JD(S), five to seven crore rupees have been sanctioned. Things are not going well in the coalition. 20 Congress MLAs who were in the resort spoke against the chief minister. Many in that party have been saying that they deem Siddaramaiah as their chief minister," he pointed out.