Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS) 

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Former chief minister (CM) H D Kumaraswamy has made it very clear that JD(S) will not get into alliance with any other political party in the possible by-elections that are going to be held, due to the disqualification of the 17 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs, for the 17 assembly constituencies. 

This statement comes as a surprise as JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda had said that he would discuss the possibility of alliance with the Congress high command and take a decision. 

Kumaraswamy was speaking after participating in the meeting of party workers at K R Pete. He said very firmly that JD(S) did not want this business of alliance and would field its own candidates in all the 17 assembly constituencies. 

"I am fed up of this coalition business. JD(S) has the capacity to compete independently and win the elections. Earlier also, we did not go to the Congress and sought the alliance. They only came to us and requested to form the coalition government. In future, there is no question of getting into alliance with any party," said Kumaraswamy. 

The former CM further said, "I have played politics for the betterment of poor families and not like Yediyurappa, who went to prison. Yediyurappa or Siddaramaiah will not come to the rescue of the poor families like I did. I am still in politics because of the lacs of party workers who have faith in me. Otherwise, I would have taken retirement from politics by now.”

Expressing his anguish at the disqualified MLA Narayana Gowda, Kumaraswamy said, "He is a criminal, who has brought his sister's family on the road. There is no criminal like him in the whole district," 

Kumaraswamy got emotional and tears rolled out of his eyes while speaking at the meeting of JD(S) leaders and party workers that was called in view of the bye-elections. He said, "I had told my son Nikhil Kumaraswamy not to contest for the Lok Sabha elections. All the MLAs forced him to contest from Mandya. The media projected me and my son as villains,"

In the midst of this, the state cabinet is likely to get expanded in the coming week. CM Yediyurappa is going to New Delhi on the evening of Monday, August 5, with a list of probables in the ministry. The list is made keeping in view various points like caste, region, age and Sangh Parivar background. Yediyurappa is going to discuss with BJP national president Amit Shah and working president J P Nadda on the ministers to be included in the cabinet.