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Bangalore: Crisis Plagues JD(S) in the State

  •   Sun, Dec 09 2007 07:08:26 PM

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Bangalore, Dec 9: Janata Dal (Secular) headed by former prime minister H D Devegowda is facing a severe political crisis ahead of the mid-term elections to the state assembly in Karnataka in the wake of rebellion by a section of its partymen after the party ensured collapse of short-lived BJP government.

JDS's abrupt decision to vote out the B S Yeddyurappa government within a week of its assuming office after extending unconditional support has come under attack from several of its leaders including former legislators.

JDS men, who were forced to accept the "whip to vote against B S Yeddyurappa government" on November 19, as defying it would have attracted legal action under the provisions of Anti-Defection Laws, are now up in arms against Gowda and his son former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy for their "unilateral" decisions.

Many JDS men were in favour of continuing support to BJP government, honouring the party's promise of extending unconditional support, fearing any action in reneging on the assurance would evoke public outrage.

However, Gowda, promising that he would strike another deal with Congress and ensure a government in the state, succeeded in bringing down Yeddyurappa's government, but his second honeymoon with Congress failed to fructify, triggering rebellion in JDS.

In the wake of Congress shutting its doors on JDS, Gowda was left with no option other than to give a call to his reluctant men to prepare for elections. 
 
 ‘Communal forces attempting to polarize Karnataka’
 
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Bangalore: Alleging that communal forces were attempting to polarize Karnataka society on "communal lines like Gujarat" ahead of the assembly elections, JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda has appealed to state Governor Rameshwar Thakur to thwart such moves.

The appeal comes in wake of clashes between two groups at Tiptur town of Tumkur District where a garage and an autorickshaw were set on fire on Tuesday last following a quarrel over some cattle for sale.

In a letter addressed to the Governor, Gowda said "The violence is not an isolated case but part and parcel of a well thought out, planned, deliberate exercise to divide the peace loving people of Karnataka and disturb peace and tranquillity ahead of the upcoming assembly elections with the obvious objective of deriving political mileage.

"The incidents also need to be looked into in the backdrop of the statement by then BJP Chief Minister (B S Yeddiyurappa) that he wanted to `bring about a Gujarat model of development in Karnataka", he said in the December 6 letter.

"Efforts are on to convert Karnataka into a Hindutva laboratory to forestall which I had to ask my party not to support the trust vote moved in the state assembly," he said.

Stating that the Tiptur incident came close on the heels of a demonstration by Sangh Parivar outfits in the Baba Budangiri shrine, he said the JDS-led Government last year had cracked down with "a heavy hand" attempts by these anti-social elements to stoke communal violence in the state.

Urging the Governor to bring the culprits to book, he said the JDS would cooperate in "foiling the nefarious designs of the communal forces to create a fear psychosis among the minorities and polarize the state on communal lines like Gujarat ahead of assembly elections." 
 
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