01-23-2006, 11:16 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Gowda, son kiss and make up; curtains for Dharam Singh</b>
Pioneer.com
PT Bopanna / Bangalore
Politics in Karnataka which has been on a roller coaster ride for the last few days, witnessed a classic turnaround on Monday after former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda met his son HD Kumaraswamy here and praised him for breaking his Janata Dal (Secular) "to save it from being destabilised by the Congress."
With this, all chances of the Congress patching up with Mr Gowda and preventing the installation of a coalition government in Karnataka consisting of the breakaway JD (S) headed by Mr Kumaraswamy and the BJP have receded.
The existing Congress-JD (S) coalition government headed by Mr N Dharam Singh had been reduced to a minority after Mr Kumaraswamy walked away with 45 JD (S) MLAs.
This was the first meeting between Mr Gowda, the president of the Janata Dal (Secular) and his son, Kumaraswamy after the latter broke away last Wednesday and met the Governor to stake claim to form a government with the support of the BJP.
<b>Mr Kumaraswamy, who was camping with his MLAs in far away Goa to prevent their being poached by the Congress</b>, air-dashed to Bangalore on Monday afternoon after being summoned by his father.
Mr Gowda who had termed his son's decision to break away from the party and take the help of the BJP to form an alternative government as the "saddest day of my life" a few days ago, on Monday heaped praise on his son Kumarawamy.
Addressing reporters after the meeting with Mr Kumaraswamy, Mr Gowda stated: "<b>I believe what my son had done was to save the party. Otherwise, they (Congress) would have split the party. I have said it once and I will say it a hundred times, the Congress wanted to destabilise my party. I will give out all the details after I meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi." </b>
Though the Congress camp has stated that Congress president Sonia Gandhi was planning to meet Mr Gowda on January 25 as a last ditch effort to save the Congress-JD (S) coalition, so far Mr Gowda has not received any word from the Congress president on the meeting. Former deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah, whose growing affinity towards the Congress was the immediate provocation for Mr Kumaraswamy to withdraw support to the Dharam Singh-led coalition government, remarked: "According to me, this entire drama has been directed by Deve Gowda himself. I completely oppose these unethical activities."
Meanwhile,<b> Mr Gowda's aide YSV Datta alleged that Maharashtra Governor SM Krishna had attempted to split the JD (S) through Mr Siddaramaiah by offering inducements to JD (S) legislators.</b>
Senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa, who is all set to become the deputy chief minister under the proposed coalition between breakaway JD (S) and the BJP, said: "The wedding day has been fixed. Hearts have come together. Now, Mr Gowda should bless us."
Mr Dharam Singh is slated to prove his majority in the Assembly on January 27. The Chief Minister is slated to meet the Congress president on Monday evening.
Meanwhile, <b>a group of leaders representing various Muslim organisations on Monday called on Mr Gowda and appealed to him against aligning with the BJP "to stop the Fascist forces from gaining power in the State."</b>
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Contract marriage??
Pioneer.com
PT Bopanna / Bangalore
Politics in Karnataka which has been on a roller coaster ride for the last few days, witnessed a classic turnaround on Monday after former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda met his son HD Kumaraswamy here and praised him for breaking his Janata Dal (Secular) "to save it from being destabilised by the Congress."
With this, all chances of the Congress patching up with Mr Gowda and preventing the installation of a coalition government in Karnataka consisting of the breakaway JD (S) headed by Mr Kumaraswamy and the BJP have receded.
The existing Congress-JD (S) coalition government headed by Mr N Dharam Singh had been reduced to a minority after Mr Kumaraswamy walked away with 45 JD (S) MLAs.
This was the first meeting between Mr Gowda, the president of the Janata Dal (Secular) and his son, Kumaraswamy after the latter broke away last Wednesday and met the Governor to stake claim to form a government with the support of the BJP.
<b>Mr Kumaraswamy, who was camping with his MLAs in far away Goa to prevent their being poached by the Congress</b>, air-dashed to Bangalore on Monday afternoon after being summoned by his father.
Mr Gowda who had termed his son's decision to break away from the party and take the help of the BJP to form an alternative government as the "saddest day of my life" a few days ago, on Monday heaped praise on his son Kumarawamy.
Addressing reporters after the meeting with Mr Kumaraswamy, Mr Gowda stated: "<b>I believe what my son had done was to save the party. Otherwise, they (Congress) would have split the party. I have said it once and I will say it a hundred times, the Congress wanted to destabilise my party. I will give out all the details after I meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi." </b>
Though the Congress camp has stated that Congress president Sonia Gandhi was planning to meet Mr Gowda on January 25 as a last ditch effort to save the Congress-JD (S) coalition, so far Mr Gowda has not received any word from the Congress president on the meeting. Former deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah, whose growing affinity towards the Congress was the immediate provocation for Mr Kumaraswamy to withdraw support to the Dharam Singh-led coalition government, remarked: "According to me, this entire drama has been directed by Deve Gowda himself. I completely oppose these unethical activities."
Meanwhile,<b> Mr Gowda's aide YSV Datta alleged that Maharashtra Governor SM Krishna had attempted to split the JD (S) through Mr Siddaramaiah by offering inducements to JD (S) legislators.</b>
Senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa, who is all set to become the deputy chief minister under the proposed coalition between breakaway JD (S) and the BJP, said: "The wedding day has been fixed. Hearts have come together. Now, Mr Gowda should bless us."
Mr Dharam Singh is slated to prove his majority in the Assembly on January 27. The Chief Minister is slated to meet the Congress president on Monday evening.
Meanwhile, <b>a group of leaders representing various Muslim organisations on Monday called on Mr Gowda and appealed to him against aligning with the BJP "to stop the Fascist forces from gaining power in the State."</b>
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Contract marriage??