Impossible to Practise Politics without Corruption: Kumaraswamy

Hubli, Apr 10 (PTI): JD(S) Karnataka unit president H D Kumaraswamy, who has been levelling corruption charges against Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, on Sunday said it was ''impossible to practise politics without corruption.''

"The two (politics and corruption) have become two sides of the same coin these days", he told reporters here.

Kumaraswamy said, he was trying his best to curb "immoral" practise of corruption. He however admitted that he accepted donations from the people for the sake of his party.

Reflecting upon today's political scenario in the country, Kumaraswamy said "if Mahatma Gandhi was alive today, he would have either fallen prey to corruption or would have shunned politics itself".

He asked people of the state to follow Anna Hazare as a role model and come forward to lead a movement against corruption. "There is a dire need for person like Anna Hazare in Karnataka to fight against corruption".

"Hats off to Anna Hazare who lead this movement and was successful in convincing the union government to constitute the Jan Lokpal bill draft committee", Kumaraswamy said.

He expressed anguish that his efforts to bring "corrupt practises" of the B S Yeddyurappa-led BJP Government to the fore, had not yielded the expected results despite producing records to substantiate his allegations.

Kumarswamy claimed that JD(S) would emerge victorious in the bye-elections to the three assembly constituencies held on April 9 while BJP will be forced to eat humble pie.

He rubbished the claims made by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa that the state would collect more revenue this year as "nothing but humbug".

Kumaraswamy said he would place before the public the real economic position of the state tomorrow and charged Yeddyurappa with "misguiding the public about the actual financial status of the state".