Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (RJP)
Bengaluru, Jun 23: There is absolutely no connection between the new political party to be launched soon and the dissidence in Congress party after few ministers were sacked and few other aspirants were not inducted into the cabinet as expected. This idea of new political party is completely different and conceptualised much before the Cabinet reshuffle after- effects emerged. But yes, few of these dissidents will have wider choice this time in addition to BJP and Janatha Dal, if at all this new party is formed.
K S Puttannaiah, P Rajeev, Devanuru Mahadeva & S R Hiremath
Though no formal announcement regarding the launch of the party has been made yet, it is expected that the party will take off in July second week. The political party is believed to be the brainchild of progressive thinkers. Several progressive organisations are supporting the idea, it is gathered.
The proposed party has the backing of Swaraj Abhiyan, which was launched by Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav who were earlier part Aam Aadmi Party top brass.
A mega convention of civil society members has been scheduled to take place at Dharwad on July 9 and 10. A decision regarding the political party will be taken in this convention and an announcement too to this effect will be made, it is learnt.
The party will be led by K S Puttannaiah an MLA from Melkote, P Rajeev an MLA Kudachi, famous Kannada Dalit writer Devanuru Mahadeva and anti-corruption activist S R Hiremath.