Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Dec 15: Former union minister C M Ibrahim who appears to have made up his mind to desert the Congress, met JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Monday, December 14 and held discussions with him. The other day he had met D K Shivakumar. His recent moves have kicked up a lot of speculations.
Accompanied by the former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy Ibrahim arrived at Deve Gowda's residence in Padmanabha Nagar here and held discussions with him for over an hour. MLA R Manjunath and former MLA Suresh Babu were present at that time. It is said that Ibrahim has put the pre-condition that he should be made the state JD(S) president. Kumaraswamy had arranged this meeting in an effort to get Deve Gowda's nod for this condition.
The move to bring Ibrahim into the JD(S) fold is said to be a well-thought strategy of the JD(S). Knowing this well, Ibrahim has demanded the position of the head of the party's state unit. With an eye to get a good result in the next assembly election, Kumaraswamy is ready to give this position and Deve Gowda's consent is pending.
Ibrahim is angry with Siddaramaiah, who is the political adversary of Kumaraswamy. Ibrahim also commented recently that Siddaramaih's taste has undergone a change. Even though Shivakumar met him on Saturday night and tried to pacify him, he did not succeed. It is said that Ibrahim will announce his decision after December 16.
Kumaraswamy plans to use Ibrahim as a shield against Siddaramaiah, who is seen targeting Kumaraswamy with barbs. He also hopes that Ibrahim will help his party to regain the trust of the minority community that seems to have distanced itself from the party now. It has to be seen whether Deve Gowda will approve of the proposal to make Ibrahim the state president of the party and whether this move if it materialises, benefits the JD(S).