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Cong-JDS coalition govt will last full term: Gundu Rao
Expressing confidence that the coalition government in Karnataka would last its full five year term, Congress state chief Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday accused some JDS leaders of making statements without understanding the situation on the ground
Bengaluru: Expressing confidence that the coalition government in Karnataka would last its full five -year term, Congress state chief Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday accused some JD(S) leaders of making statements without understanding the situation on the ground.
The Congress was following the "coalition dharma", he said, adding that the party wants to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls together with the JD(S).
"Hundred per cent it (the government) will survive, there are no issues," Rao told reporters in response to a question about the government surviving for five years.
On contesting with JD(S) for Lok Sabha polls, he said, "certain things" would have to be discussed at the top leadership level. "I do not see why there will be a problem.
Some of the JD(S) leaders also, I think, have been speaking without really understanding what really is happening," he said.
JD(S) workers and leaders have been openly expressing their unhappiness against the Congress on a host of issues, including appointment of heads to boards and corporations that are yet to be finalised.
Recently, JD(S) minister H D Revanna had said his brother and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy would "tolerate things as long as he can." Conceding that there are certain "minor issues" within the coalition, Rao said the Congress' decision is to follow coalition dharma and fight elections together.
"We don't have any thought about functioning unilaterally, we have not done it also. Some people without knowing things are speaking.
Our decisions and conduct are in favour of our intention that is- this government has to be stable and complete five years. There is no compromise in it," he added.
JD(S) workers and local leaders recently asked their leadership to contest all 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the coming parliamentary polls, unhappy over the Congress' "big brother attitude" in the ruling coalition in Karnataka.
