Bengaluru, June 4
Karnataka JD(S) chief AH Vishwanath today resigned from his post owning “moral responsibility” for the party’s rout in the Lok Sabha poll.
The resignation is the first major fallout of the LS poll debacle for the coalition with the JD-S and Congress getting a seat each out of 28, even as the BJP walked away with 25 seats. BJP-backed Independent Sumalatha Ambareesh won the Mandya seat.
“I take moral responsibility for the (party’s) defeat,” said Vishwanath, who is also reportedly unhappy over being sidelined and not being taken into confidence on key issues by the party.
Vishwanath was locked in a public spat in recent weeks with Congress leader Siddaramaiah over his functioning as the ruling coalition coordination committee chief and for not preparing the common agenda for the two partners.
Vishwanath said even after a year of the government formation, the coordination committee headed by Siddaramaiah could not prepare a common minimum programme (CMP) for the smooth functioning of the government. He said neither he nor the Congress state president Dinesh Gundu Rao were part of the coordination committee.
The JD-S leader alleged that a conspiracy was hatched to make JD-S supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda contest from Tumkur and he was then defeated. “I have mentioned in my letter (to JD-S chief) how a conspiracy was hatched and Deve Gowda was defeated in Tumkur. Trust is important in politics..... a leader (Gowda), a veteran who has significantly contributed to the state and the nation, was made to trust and then was cheated in the election. What else is required now?” he said. — PTI
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/2JWW96e
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