Reacting to former chief minister H. D. Kumaraswamy's allegations about why the JDS government fell, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday that one who does not know how to dance blames the stage.
Hours after triggering a political storm by claiming that the LDF government in Kerala had consented to an alliance of the Janata Dal (Secular) with the BJP, former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has backtracked saying that he never said that CPM in Kerala supports BJP-JDS alliance.
Reacting to his expulsion as the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Karnataka President post, JD-S leader CM Ibrahim launched an attack at the JD-S Supremo HD Deve Gowda asking the latter to "wait and watch."
"Those who want to come with us can come, those who want to leave can do so. We will see how many MLAs are with which side," JDS state president CM Ibrahim said.
In the wake of the recently formed alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) in Karnataka, senior BJP leader Sadananda Gowda has openly expressed his displeasure with the coalition, sparking uneasiness in the party.
Congress leader Zameer Ahmed Khan has said that many Janata Dal-Secular JD(S) leaders, who are dissatisfied with the BJP-JD (S) ties, are in touch with the grand old party and they will be inducted into the party in the mega convention to be held in Palace Grounds in Bengaluru.
"In today's meeting our senior party leaders anonymously have given an endorsement to continue the alliance between BJP and JD(S). Every leader who attended here unainimously gave authorisation to Deve Gowda ji and myself. There is no difference in our party. Everbody gave us endorsement wit
Karnataka Janata Dal (Secular) President, CM Ibrahim has expressed his disappointment over the party’s alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party and he said that “nothing should be hidden in politics.”
Weighing in on former ally JD(S) joining the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said he does not have any "problems" with the party taking a saffron turn.