With the BJP withdrawing support, and the JDS categorically stating that it was not in favour of joining hands with the Congress again, the stage seems set for fresh elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, regardless of whether there is a spell of President’s Rule or not. “Our intention is to go for people’s mandate,” JD-S president H. D. Deve Gowda has said.
So, who will win the election if it were to be held tomorrow? Is the JDS right in assuming that its showing in the local body elections is a sign of the shape of things to come in the assembly polls? Will the BJP be able to convince the people of Karnataka that it has been betrayed and that it deserves a clear chance this time? Or will the Congress benefit from the confusion that has prevailed for the last 20 months?
How many seats will each party win next time round? If mid-term elections to the Lok Sabha are held around the same time as the Karnataka polls, will it affect the outcome? Or is it going to be another “hung” verdict? (For the record, in the current house, of the total 224 seats, BJP with its ally JDU has 84, Congress has 65, JD(S) has 58 while others have 17 seats.)
My feeling is it will be a three way split again with the numbers somewhat changed. Each party will win seats in its regions of influence and in areas where there is no clear trend it will be a mixed bag. The local body polls were held before the current political drama unfolded and were fought on very specific issues. Assembly elections might not follow the same trend. Things depend in large part on how well each party is able to communicate its point of view. For JD(S) they have to show that even though they clung on their chair they were not power hungry. For the Cong and BJP, they have to criticise the others while at the same time defending their respective stints in power, which they shared with JD. For these two parties, whether their leaders can really articulate their position is another factor.
It almost seems like a hung verdict but you never what the masses vote for! What with HDK spending those days in villages. More importantly, many rural areas have one less pain this year – no drought! So, the goodwill may help the HD a**h**es!
Jaati Jaati Jaati
BJP might win a few more seats. Overall, the same three way split will happen giving ‘human waste’ Deve Gowda and his stinking family another chance to ruin Karnataka State. As somebody already pointed out, caste will override everything else.
Since DG has set a new (low) standard for State politics, God only can save the state.
i feel a hung verdict will be give n by people of karnataka…
reasons:
most people are fed up with devvada gowda… they will either vote bjp or congress.. hence both will not win.. people will vote for bjp seeing yeddi’s face. and congress will get its usual dalit-muslim etc votes.
if we go by caste calculation.. already lingayit community seems to be fully angry. may be 80% of their votes will go to BJP.. and the minorities and dalits will surely not vote for JDS.. most of their votes will go to congress.
as i heard, the caste population in karnataka: (in order of their strength)
1. lingayith
2. gowda/vokkaliga
3. dalit & kuruba..
both kuruba (siddu’s) and dalit votes will surely go to congress……
BSP Story:
and there is a surprise… devvada gowda has bribed top leaders of Karnataka BSP … karnataka BSP leaders like mahesh were waiting for money.. and devvada gowda has given lots of money to them. and BSP is indirectly under gowda’s control.
this time municipal polls.. what went wrong for congress is that… wherever congress had strong hold, BSP had staged candidates. Hence the dalit and muslim votes got divided and JDS has won in those places. the same will repeat in the future polls also…
BSP will surely not do any chamakk like mayavathi.. but it will surely spoil the fate of congress.
people are mostly in favour of anti-devegowda govt.. but due to all calculation…. i think again the same thing what happened in last 3 years may repeat..
if we need to keep away gowdappa and his notorious sons out of power… we people should sit and think and finalise whom to vote.. (at least i am feeling like this) Cong or BJP… otherwise, we will have to seee the same iDli mukha, jonne mukhada kumara swamy giving baseless, senseless statements and making fun of democracy…
Aruna Urs ennuvanthe idella jaathi ge sambadhisiddu. Nanage mukhya annisodu ee hagaranada bagge mukthavaagi maathaadalu maadhyamagalige eke bhaya? Naanu nodiruva mattge Deccan Herald, to a certain extent, Prajavani are the only papers that have said something critical of the Haradanahalli Boys’ mischief. Churumuri kooda exception alla.
Is this all Karnataka deserves? MLAs of the three big parties should be publicly lined up, condemned (no violence), and barred from political activity. (I hope it’s OK to dream.) To make all this even more painful, there is no fourth regional party that can at least try to save Kannada and Karnataka. Look at the latest idiotic statement from that self-proclaimed protector of Kannada interests, Vatal Nagaraj, saying there should be no midterm elections.
Should the Federal Government, itself no shining example of virtue, with a Congress adiyaalu already in place in the Raj Bhavan, impose President’s rule until such a time as the Congress is able to bribe the largest segments of voters and get back in power, it will be the turn of our corrupt bureaucracy to loot the people even more.
What has become of our buddhijeevis, whose voices are more inaudible than those belonging to the most recent Raajyothsava Prashasthi winners?
The way it’s happening in Delhi and Karnataka.. something we think unthinkable now could happen again.
In the polls, BJP becomes No1 , but cannot from a Govt. Congress comes No. 2 and wants to stop BJP from coming to Power. Enter the famous cobbler.He will prepare a scenario wherein Congress + left + leftovers will form a Govt. What does the cobbler want in return? Make me P.M. again or My son P.M. Second alternative. Madam , You make your son as P.M. ,but give me Finance, Home, Defence… How about that?!
Chief Minister,Kumaraswamy with his youth and fresh ideas and ably supported by his coalition partner BJP was a refreshing contrast from the previous govt and was moving in the right direction in giving good governance. All signs indicated that everything was going in favour of this coalition continuing indefnitely in future also provided Kumaraswamy kept his promise which would have given a boost to his image. Now Kumaraswamy finds himself in a sorrry possition for which he is squarely responsible. First, he has lost his rebillious streak when he went against his father’s wishes to have alliance with BJP and now he has been trapped by his filial bond and blindly acting at the behest of his father. Secondly, it is possible that the power and adulatiion has gone to his head and he succumbed to the fatal weakness of thinking that destiny has cast him as a leader. On both counts he made grave error of judgement and when the elections happen, it is possible that BJP may garner sympathy votes and Kumarasway will realise the full import of his folly. In a way Deve Gowda has been instrumental in letting down his son for he erroneously thinks that he is a Chankya but evrybody knows he has no scruples about political morality and upshot is nobody will trust him and his family anymore. In this scenerio BJP will definitely get sympathy votes but the moot question is whether they will get enough to forma govt on their own. In any case BJP may be in a better position to call the shots.
DG is a rotten, human waste, not chanakya. Human waste should go where it belongs. Instead, we the people gave him the power. Obviously, it is on our face now and stinks really bad!! It’s not the fault of human waste!!
Wonder who will vote for ‘Vachana Brashta’, ‘Dhrohi’ Kumaraswamy.
When we speak of Yeddi and HDK, I wonder whether anybody has noticed that apart from their greed and cupidity we just dont know anything at all about either of these goons- What are their ideologies, vision and pholosophy- the kind we’ve seen in Nijalingappa and Kadidal Manjappa and even R K Hegde. At least HDK has been honest enough to say he has no ideology at all- so expediency is the name of the game for him. I’d be grateful to anybody who can shed any light on what are the poilitical philosophies that drive Yeddi- the man’s a completely closed book apart from the fact that 20 months ago he was stupid enough to go by the words of the HDG tribe.
The Congress goofs are easy in that respect- they are mutts who take commands from their High command.Again could I beg the indulgence the older people here and ask whether they think the rot where the ends justify the means set in with Devraj Urs or Gundu rao. Plz dont just tell me its a national phenomenon.
create a Churumuri Party !
HDK is good with people and BSY i think is good with the books.
*big picture of me here* CP(T)
because churumuri’s spam filter catches my filter all the time i break away and form CP(tarle) to protest the “dishonour” and “insult” :)
Vote for BJP
HECTIC POLITICAL MOVES IN B’LORE
* JD(S) Legislators meet, prefer polls. * CM to expose BJP leaders who prevented Yedi from becoming CM. * Yedi goes in a procession, submits letter to Governor withdrawing support to JD(S). * Congress meet tomorrow.
Bangalore, Oct. 7 (MRS,VH& KMS)- With all the main players, including JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda, Chief Minister Kumaraswamy and former Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa returning from Delhi, the political scene has shifted to Bangalore triggering hectic activity in the State capital since morning today.
Chief Minister Kumaraswamy held a meeting of JD(S) Legislature Party at his Home Office Krishna which began at 10.30 am. He reportedly briefed the meeting the developments in Delhi over transfer of power.
He told the media persons after the meeting that his party Legislators had decided against forming a new coalition with any party including the Congress.
“We have decided to go to polls”, he added.
He said that he would meet the Governor either today or tomorrow and appeal to him to allow him (CM) to prove his party’s majority in the special session of the Assembly on Oct. 18.
BJP procession
Meanwhile, Yediyurappa held a meeting of BJP Legislators and former Ministers at his Race Course Road residence. Later, he proceeded to M.G. Road and garlanded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi.
He went in a mammoth procession of party workers and supporters to Raj Bhavan were he submitted a letter to the Governor Rameswar Thakur around noon conveying his Party’s decision to withdraw support to JD(S).
The processionists were shouting slogans against the Chief Minister and JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda.
He was taken in an open jeep with the crowd cheering him.
BJP welcomes
Talking to the media at the residence of Yediyurappa, the State BJP Chief D.V. Sadanandagowda said that his party would welcome the decision of the Chief Minister to seek vote of confidence on Oct. 18.
Enter Kheny
Meanwhile, the BJP is working out a strategy to expose the alleged land scams targeting Deve Gowda family with the help of NICE Managing Director Ashok Kheny.
Yediyurappa will begin Jagruthi Yatra from Tumkur tomorrow. The Yatra will visit Chitradurga and Davanagere also the same day.
ADICHUNCHANAGIRI SEER TO INAUGURATE DASARA
Bangalore, Oct. 7 (KMS& NMG)- As the Siddhaganga Mutt Seer Sri Shivakumaraswamiji is indisposed, he will not be inaugurating the Mysore Dasara Festival, as scheduled earlier.
Instead, Sri Balagangadharanatha Swamiji of Adichunchanagiri will inaugurate the festival, said District in-charge Minister G.T. Devegowda.
Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Devegowda said that the decision was taken following a letter from Sri Shivakumara Swamiji expressing his inability to participate in the programme due to ill health.
CM TO DROP BOMBSHELL ON OCT.18
‘A BJP National General Secretary prevented Yediyurappa from becoming CM’
Bangalore, Oct. 7 (MRS,KMS& VH)- Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy today made a sensational statement that some influential leaders in the BJP scuttled the chances of Yediyurappa of becoming the Chief Minister.
He would drop a bombshell in the special session of the Assembly on Oct. 18.
Irked over BJP leaders branding him and his father Deve Gowda as betrayers, Kumaraswamy told the media today before the JD(S) legislators meeting that many BJP leaders conspired against Yediyurappa thus depriving him of the coveted CM’s post.
Without naming the leader, Kumaraswamy said that a national level BJP General Secretary spoiled the chances of Yediyurappa of becoming the Chief Minister. “This is the same leader, who had conspired to expel Yediyurappa from the party earlier”, Kumaraswamy said.
“Only with the intention of preventing Yediyurappa from becoming the Chief Minister, this National General Secretary brought Yeshwant Sinha as observer to Karnataka during the crisis recently”, he added.
The Chief Minister alleged that the General Secretary and other leaders did not allow Yediyurappa to talk to him (CM) directly about the transfer of power.
“I was not against handing over power to Yediyurappa. Even yesterday morning, I called Yediyurappa for talks in Delhi. However, the General Secretary and other leaders did not allow him to meet me. Instead they made him to tell me that talks would be possible only after my resignation”, he disclosed.
“I will tell everything in detail and expose the names of those BJP leaders who conspired against Yediyurappa. I have not betrayed him, but I will disclose who are betrayers”, he added.
The Chief Minister alleged that there were many top leaders who never wanted Yediyurappa as Chief Minister.
Kumaraswamy clarified that he would not seek vote of confidence on Oct. 18.
“I will disclose many secrets regarding Yediyurappa episode, which I did not disclose so far”, he added.
He predicted that the BJP leaders would dump Yediyurappa as they did with Uma Bharathi.
CM TO RESIGN AFTER OCT. 18
Bangalore, Oct. 7 (MRS)- JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda today disclosed that the Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will resign after Oct. 18.
Gowda, who returned from Delhi last night, was talking to a private TV channel at his residence.
He reacted angrily when the correspondent sought his comment about the allegation of Yediyurappa that he (Gowda) came in the way of JD(S) transferring power to BJP. Gowda told the correspondent: “Please don’t mention his name before me, I say… Please… Please. Listen to me”.
The CM will explain the circumstances that led to the fall of the Government in the special Assembly session on Oct. 18.
DASARA: NO TOURISTS YET
Mysore, Oct. 7 (TRR)- It looks like the political turmoil in Karnataka may affect the tourist flow this Dasara reason.
Unlike previous years, there are no indications of tourists arriving from other States and tourism countries. Mysore Dasara was given a new dimension five years ago by celebrating the event in a grand manner to attract tourists.
Despite Cauvery riots, famine, Dr. Raj’s kidnap and other events, Dasara celebrations evoked good response in the last 3-4 years. But this time it looks as if Dasara may lose its charm.
During previous years, tourists used to book rooms a month in advance in city’s main hotels. This was used to measure the popularity of Dasara. But this time there are no such reservations in hotels. Only in a few hotels rooms have been booked for the last three days of the celebrations.
In one of the leading hotels of Mysore all rooms have been booked for these three days. In another hotel near Gandhi Square most of the rooms are reserved by various Government departments. Mostly artists will be accommodated here.
In one of the posh hotels which has 66 rooms only about 70 to 80 per cent are booked. Response this year is discouraging, said the Manager of the hotel.
Even in a much sought after hotel, which has 51 rooms, most of the rooms have been booked for only the last three days of Dasara. The staff of this hotel also admitted that there is no enthusiastic response this year, compared to last year.
In one of the Five Star hotels, only 40 per cent of the rooms have been booked. About 150 of the 507 rooms have been booked for the last three days of the festival.
According to a hotel executive last year’s media publicity that all the rooms were booked for Dasara festival scared away the tourists. “But actually, there were many rooms available”, she explained.
“The Dasara festival should be conducted with more publicity and in an organised manner. For this, the politicians and officials of Mysore should prepare themselves in a better way” said the hoteliers.
CHAMALAPURA: ACICM TO MOVE SUPREME COURT
Mysore, Oct. 7 (TRR)- The State Government has ignored the public opinion and protests that are being carried out by the last 136 days against the Chama-lapura Thermal Power Plant. The Government has not taken the public opinion seriously, said Association of Concerned and Informed Citizens of Mysore Convenor M. Lakshmana.
Addressing a press conference at Pathrakarthara Bhavan yesterday, he said “We are approaching the Supreme Court to stop the project at the preliminary stage itself.”
“We have issued notices to the Secretaries of KPTCL, KERC, Environment Department, Chief Secretary of Government of Karnataka and KPTCL authorities highlighting the hazards of the plant,” he added. Lakshmana released guidelines formulated by the Department of Energy, Government of India, the Union Ministry of Environment for the setting up of a thermal power plant.
Site selection guidelines for a thermal plant as directed by the Central Energy Ministry are as follows:
a) The site should be nearer to coal mines.
b) Should be accessible by rail and road.
c) Land, water and coal should be easily available.
d) There should be a suitable system to transport coal.
e) Electricity facility should be available.
Guidelines of Environment Ministry
Thermal plants should be at least 25 kms away from the following places:-
1) Major cities and towns
2) Natural parks
3) Wildlife Parks, Sanctuaries
4) Forest Areas
5) Rivers, Lakes and Sea.
Since, the fly-ash that comes out of the thermal plant affects the movement of aeroplanes, airports should also be 25 kms away from the plant.
SIDDU SUSPECTS HORSE-TRADING
Mysore, Oct. 7 (DV)- Former Prime Minister H. D. Devegowda and his son H.D. Kumaraswamy, having tasted political power will start horse – trading now for remaining in power, predicated Former Dy. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah.
Speaking to the media at the Ifthar orginased at a Function Hall at N.R. Mohalla here yesterday he opined that Devegowda will not part with power so easily.
BJP has not yet withdraw support. Congress will arrive at a decision after at the legislators meeting scheduled to be held on Monday, he added.
Former Union Minister C.M. Ibrahim, Former Ministers H. Vishwanath and Tanveer Sait, MLA M.K. Somashekar, city Congress president C. Dasegowda, District Rural Congress President Dharma Sena, former MLA Mukhtarunneesa Begum, Former Mayors Narayana and D. Druvakumar were present.
SUBBAIAH ASKS CONG. NOT TO TOPPLE JD(S) GOVT.
“Some BJP MLAs may join the JD(S) to save Kumaraswamy Government if he was allowed to continue till Oct. 18.”
Mysore, Oct. 7 (ACP&TRR)- Congress leader and former MLC A.K. Subbaiah, who was till recently a bitter critic of JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda, today called upon the Congress High Command not to destablise the Kumaraswamy Government and not to attempt to bring President’s rule in Karnataka till Oct. 18 when the Chief Minister seeks vote of confidence.
Speaking to the media today at Pathrakarthara Bhavan Subbaiah predicted that some BJP MLAs may join the JD(S) to save Kumaraswamy Government if he was allowed to continue till Oct. 18.
“Let the Government fall on its own. But the Congress should not attempt to topple the Government” he observed.
“Subbaiah opined that there would have been blood-shed in the State had Kumaraswamy transferred power to BJP.
” Kumaraswamy has avoided such a situation by refusing to transfer power,” Subbaiah stated. to the BJP, Kumaraswamy has avoided that blood-shed.
Reacting to the BJP’s decision to go to polls, Subbaiah said that the people of Karnataka had nothing to do with the agreement between JD(S) and BJP for power-sharing.
“The agreement was jointly to loot the State,” he ridiculed.
Subbaiah observed that while JD(S) practices casteist and family politics, the BJP practises communal politics, which is more dangerous.
Subbaiah opined that Deve Gowda and Kumaraswamy are the leaders capable of curbing k the growth of BJP in the State which Congress cannot do.
He advised the Congress to let the Government to continue for some time and concentrate itself on strengthening its (Congress) base so that it can try on its own to capture power in future.
MAKKAJI CHOWK PACT: SCAM ALLEGED
Mysore, Oct. 7 (TRR)- The Mysore Vigilant Citizens Forum has alleged that Mysore City Corporation officials have entered into an illegal agreement with the builders of Makkaji Chowk complex M/S Maverick Company to whom they have given additional land without bringing it to the notice of the government or the City Corporation.
” According to the agreement between City Corporation and the State Government it was indicated in the schedule that to the East of the Makkaji Chowk is Town Hall premises, to the West Visheweshwaraiah Building, to the North Vinoba Road and to the South Albert Victor Road. But now the Corporation authorities have included Vinoba road which is in the North in the agreement. Corporation Commissioner and some engineers one involved in this deal”, alleged Forum President Mohan and Convenor M.K. Premkumar at a press conference on Saturday.
” According to the later agreement entered into with the Maverick firm, there is a semi – circle type of road to the North of the proposed complex which separates Vishweshwaraiah Building and the complex. The road which connects Gandhi Square and Sayyaji Rao Road has been considered as part of the site for the proposed complex. Because of this it has been stated that the vehicles which come from Gandhi Square must turn right compulsorily towards Olympia Theater “, he explained and pointed out that since a part of Vinoba Road is included in the complex premises it can not be used by the public and for vehicular traffic.
Forum legal advisor C.V. Keshava Murthy criticised the complex project and described it as an act of foolishness. “Vinoba road is being used by the citizens for more than 100 years. The existence of road has been shown in the Revised Comprehensive Development Plan released by MUDA”, he disclosed.
” Advertisement regarding the filing of objection if any about the inclusion of a permanent theater in the complex, was published in only two dailies of the city.
A film theater needs about 2.68 acres of land. For this the area is extended upto Indra Cafe and Olympia Theater to the North. Onduvare Ane Galli is also likely to come up within the proposed theater “, he claimed.
” Former Corporation Commissioners A. B. Ibrahim and K.N. Chanadashekar are involved in this illegal transaction and a CBI enquiry should be conducted against them “, he urged and added that a notice has been served to Corporation and M/S Maverick. He appealed to the Corporations to fight unitedly against this fraud.
REASON BEHIND GOWDA’S DECISION
New Delhi, Oct.7(SC) – What was the real reason for the downfall of the Karnataka Progressive Alliance? Was it the Bellary politics or the love of Deve Gowda for his son? It is None of the above!
JD(S) sources say that a remark made by Yeshwant Sinha, the BJP leader looking after the Party affairs in the State, during his meeting with Deve Gowda was actually responsible for the fall of the Government.
At a time when all the political developments were concentrated in Bangalore, Sinha who met Deve Gowda, had agreed to allow H.D.Kumaraswamy to continue as Chief Minister. But he had put forward a condition before Deve Gowda.
‘Gowda must join NDA. If there were elections to Lok Sabha and if there was a shortage of votes for Advani to become Prime Minister, then Devegowda must support him’, was the condition put forward by Sinha.
Deve Gowda reportedly replied angrily saying, “Ours is a small party. We may get only 2 or 3 seats in Lok Sabha. You form the Government on your own strength and make Advani Prime Minister.”
“What kind of condition they are imposing? Let them stay with us if they want or else let them quit,” said Deve Gowda later to one of his close aides
On who will win the election? It is important to understand how they (people) understand the situation. Better still is to understand them (people). People fall into 2 major categories a) those who vote b) those who dont vote. So let us concentrate on those who vote.
There are further division on voters:
a) majority vote if paid Rs.200+ one meal + 1bottle OR Rs.200+saree/dhoti
b) average votes are caste based
c) others who judge the parties based on ongoing situations(like here)
how to secure the A category votes is:
Congress are good at Rs200+extras+gandhi family poster. JDS will also do the a) Rs.200+extra+HDD posters+last minute twists. BJP are not champions in A category but will use their RSS wing to convience masses with words + dreams hindu nation
how to secure the B category votes
Congress has all kinds of caste leaders especially muslim and backward caste leaders. Who will set out on mission to convience their respective masses + arrange huge non-veg feasts to please them. JDS also does this but has now lost most of the caste based leaders, but will create such new leaders who are younger and enthusiatic, this will help beat the now old Cong Caste leadership. BJP will get their caste support as usual from the hindu masses with the hope of seeing a true hindu nation.
how to secure the C category votes
Completeing infrastructure projects or giving almost practical assurances. pullingout records of being ethical and futuristic. Promising facilities (Airports, new IT tech parks, Education, transport, nominal taxes) etc etc. Getting a hi tech Makeover
HDK has 2 trump cards up his sleeve, in case of elections.
muslim vote—- they have solidly supported JDS in the local elections.they have realised JDSis the best bet,they have leaders like abdul azeem.
ola meesalaathi— JDS appointed a person belonging to a less fortunate caste as KPSC chairman( first time in karnataka).
JDS will definitely gain from this.
intellectuals cutting across caste,partylines will rally behind JDSto keep oppurtunist BJP out of power.
whatever… BJP’s slogans were cool!
One guy: MAGA
In unison: SULLA
Same guy: APPA
In unison: KALLA
No 20-20 because JD(S) is 420!
“… Telling Lies … HA HA HA”
…
BJP has the brahmin vote bank solidly behind it and a bit of emotional whipping here and there, it’ll be able to get lingayats and brahmin wannabe backward castes to root for it.
I wanted to know what is the impact of Prexy rule on karnataka people. I mean
– what will be the tax structure on commodities & petrol prices,?
– also how will the functioning of govt offices, etc work?
– Who will the police department report to? or what is the role of military?
– Can the central govt make use of karnataka treasury ?
– Can strikes and processions be still held?
Hung assembly again.
BJP – 86
Cong – 66
JDS – 38
JDU – 12
Others – 22
BJP will get some mercy votes in the next election
JDS will loose some because people will not excuse the ‘vachana brasta’ gowda family
JDU will get some. Those who do not like BJP or Cong will now be forced to vote for JDU, a good replacement for JDS
Yeddi will not emerge as leader of BJP. There will be different factions in BJP. Because of lack of leadership, they will not be able to form the governent.
Congress will form the government because of its horse trading. It will have left, independent and BSP participating in the government with external support from JDS.
kumaraswamy had to go thru a lot during the past 3 days according to media,
he had to choose between his parents and legislators, he was for power transfer ,but family was dead against it. but the good thing is,HDK had the courage to apologise in front of karnataka, it is a very rare virtue. HDK WILL ONLY EMERGE AS A STRONGER INDIVIDUAL, A STRONGER POLITICIAN.
gopala krishna adiga’s immortal lines— KATTUVEVU NAAVU HOSA NAADONDANU, RASADA BEEDONDANU should inspire karnataka politicians.
Dear All,
Read some lovely headlines in some of the local dailies…it was amusing to see HDK, Revanna and Dev’s crying their hearts out:) Of course our resident dentist will claim, “It takes guts to cry in front of people.” :)
What a bunch of con men! heh heh.. enjoyed watching Devegowda doing the Gowda-Mullah role with his iftar stuff.
Finally the ‘enema wrapped in a dhoti’ was unraveled! :)
Given our luck and the track record of politicians, should there be an election? How much will the situation change after the next one? The same statesmen will show up in the Assembly, perhaps elected through a party other than the one they represented previously, the one that arrested and held them in captivity, paid them more money than what had been offered by horsetraders to keep them in the fold. Remember Kumaraswamy telling us twenty months ago that the Congress was trying to destroy JDS by offering to buy the latter’s legislators at three crores each? I wonder how much the man paid the MLA’s in question to stay in the party. Shall we say the market price of each MLA is now about ten crores? The race-horse magnate from Tamilnad, a JDS favorite, is reputed to have shelled out thirty crores to be elected to the Rajya Sabha. The tabloids said each JDS MLA was paid five lakhs for his trouble. Shall we hazard the guess that an MP is worth at least a hundred crores? Will H. D. Devegowda tell us what the hon’ble Ramaswamy has done to protect our interests in the Kaveri dispute? What did Indiramma ever do for Chikkamagaluru or Sonia for Bellary? Sushma Swaraj at least performs the Varamahalakshmi vratha with the Reddy brothers who mine milions everyday. Don’t forget in this context that Ambareesh is still resigning his Lok Sabha sinecure and does not know that he is a minister. By the way he sent his earlier letter of resignation to Sonia Gandhi because he did not know it was supposed to go to the Lok Sabha speaker. And this man is minister of state in the Mnistry of Information and Broadcasting?
Incidentally, can somebody help me understand why Deve Gowda and his offspring keep saying that they are going to reveal everything when the time is ripe? How many of those promises have been kept?
Also incidentally but not without forethought, Dr. U. R. Anathamurthy has said he has sympathy not for BJP but BSY. Wonder what well-paying chairmanship he is going to seek when Yediyurappa becomes chief minister. Kannada Sahithya Academy better watch out. By the way,remember URA’s promise to us that he was not going to show up at any book event if reporters were present? Wonder what he was doing in Shivamogga yesterday releasing a book. How did the event get reported if there were no reporters around? Shame on Bhyrappa for imagining that he had shut the Peetha Murthy up for ever.
Will somebody also tell me why political analysts say that voters in Karnataka are shrewd and they will teach the political parties a lesson they will not forget at the polls?
Chamundeshwari, Mary, and Khathija save us all if the current assembly is a product of that supposed shrewdness.
Speaking of shrewdness, please join me in feeling sorry for Siddharamayya who was returned to the Assembly by 257 shrewd voters in the by-election. This is October, the month of Gandhi’s birth. Two years ago Siddhu, as he was so affectionately called by our opportunistic press, proclaimed that even Gandhi would have accepted bribes were he with us now.
Dr. Ramesh and Sisya,
What say you two?
Adu muttada soppila; Gowda matthu makkalanna bittu JD(s) party yilla
saar,
devegowdaru retire aagbeku — 50 varshagala kaala tanu,mana,dhana vannu politics gaagi arpisiddare,he has seen it all.
from zilla panchayat —- to prime minister. one of the most brilliant political brains india has seen.
kumaraswamy should take over the party completly. he has shown
tremendous potential. karnataka needs a third alternative.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE JD S .
See only handful of ‘Buddhi jeevis’ ar not enough to understand ,comment and make a resolution about election. On the preday and the day of election how DG and his allies JDS play that way they will capture the seat again.
I dont say which party will be honest and which party is most dishonest,but all matters is bribe and henda during the election times which brings mass vote to the party and wins and gives power for next 5 yrs like DG so that they can again act as National Leadres and occupy greatest seats of democracy.
bjp 127
congress 82
jds 12
others 10