To escape ignominy, Karnataka BJP wants house dissolved
25 Feb 2013 4:07 PM IST
With Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled government in Karnataka, plunging into one crisis after another, it is now learnt that the ruling party is mulling over the option of dissolving the state assembly. As the assembly elections in the state are drawing closer, the list of deserters for BJP is also increasing. Recently BJP leaders CP Yogeshwar and Narasimha Nayak, resigned from the ministry, adding woes to the party which is hanging by the thread.
BJP leaders do accept that the situation in the state is fluid at the moment and their best bet is to dissolve the assembly and continue as the care taker government. Sources say that neither Congress party nor BS Yeddyurappa’s Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) are in favour of bringing down the government.
‘The present chief minister Jagadish Shettar is a Lingayat and we do not want to be seen as a party which brought down a Lingayat government,’ said a KJP leader. The KJP is wary of the fact that its success lies only with the Lingayat vote bank, as Yeddyurappa is the tallest Lingayat leader in the state and they do not want to make a move which will harm its own vote bank.
Even Congress party which had antagonised the Lingayat vote bank is making overtures to bring back the Lingayat vote which is about 16 per cent in the state. After Yeddyurappa’s exit from BJP, the Lingayat vote bank has been split and the Congress party hopes this would bring them back to power. Sources say that Congress party is also not in favour of president rule in the state.
‘The Cauvery water dispute is major crisis in the state, if there is central rule in the state then that will give BJP an excuse to deflect the problem on the central government which the congress party does not want at this moment,’ said a leader in know of the situation.
A BJP leader said that in coming times the crisis will only increase as apart from resignations of MLAs, Vittal Katakdonda and Tarikere Suresh, pending with the speaker, leaders like Beluru Gopalkrishna and Shankarlinge Gowda are also expected to leave the party.
BJP leaders do accept that the situation in the state is fluid at the moment and their best bet is to dissolve the assembly and continue as the care taker government. Sources say that neither Congress party nor BS Yeddyurappa’s Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) are in favour of bringing down the government.
‘The present chief minister Jagadish Shettar is a Lingayat and we do not want to be seen as a party which brought down a Lingayat government,’ said a KJP leader. The KJP is wary of the fact that its success lies only with the Lingayat vote bank, as Yeddyurappa is the tallest Lingayat leader in the state and they do not want to make a move which will harm its own vote bank.
Even Congress party which had antagonised the Lingayat vote bank is making overtures to bring back the Lingayat vote which is about 16 per cent in the state. After Yeddyurappa’s exit from BJP, the Lingayat vote bank has been split and the Congress party hopes this would bring them back to power. Sources say that Congress party is also not in favour of president rule in the state.
‘The Cauvery water dispute is major crisis in the state, if there is central rule in the state then that will give BJP an excuse to deflect the problem on the central government which the congress party does not want at this moment,’ said a leader in know of the situation.
A BJP leader said that in coming times the crisis will only increase as apart from resignations of MLAs, Vittal Katakdonda and Tarikere Suresh, pending with the speaker, leaders like Beluru Gopalkrishna and Shankarlinge Gowda are also expected to leave the party.
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