Gowda and son have misled the Prez
Sir, The JD(S)’ withdrawal of support to the BJP government in Karnataka has created a new benchmark for political chicanery.

Such a behaviour of moral reverse, after giving individual affidavits to the Governor and parading their MLAs in front of the President, is an uncanny act by anyone who believes in societal and democratic values. Is there no value to a public pledge before the highest constitutional authority in the country? 

H D Deve Gowda and his son have held the state ransom for the last one and half months to their political machinations. In the process, they have also misled the highest constitutional functionaries during discharge of their duties.

But for their written unconditional support, there was no need to revoke the President's rule and have a farce of a government formation. The President, the Union government and maybe the Supreme Court should intervene and take suitable action against the these people. 

Shivaram Nayak
Mysore

Father-son party
Sir, This has reference to your editorial End of a farce in (DH, Nov 20) on the shameful political developments in Karnataka. It is surprising that people’s representatives in JD(S) are mute spectators and sheeplike followers to whatever their leaders H D Deve Gowda and H D Kumaraswamy say or do, however silly, selfish, ridiculous and unstatesmanly that may be. The party deserves to be called not JD(S), but DG(S) meaning Deve Gowda(Sons)!
M Mohan Rao
Mysore

Elections
Sir, The politics of deceit by JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda has brought down the one-week old government led by B S Yeddyurappa. This is the second time that JD(S) has deceived BJP from coming to power, violating all the agreements between the two. The wretched action of JD(S) is really an insult to the people of Karnataka. Congress should not be greedy and try to associate themselves with JD(S) again to form the government. Elections are the only solution to the current problem.
H K Seshadri
Bangalore

BJP’s hurry
Sir, You have put the entire political drama in your editorial End of farce, (DH, Nov 20) candidly and in correct perspective. The undue haste by BJP’s national leaders to install their own government, much before sorting out the issues raised by the JD(S), has brought into open their true colours of the “party with a difference.” JD(S) had made it clear that BJP should execute the MoU on a stamp paper to ensure the completion of the term. Ultimately, the apprehension voiced by Governor Rameswar Thakur came true.
Bulusu Hanumantha Rao
Hyderabad

Disqualification
Sir, The political developments in Karnataka are shameful and it should be condemned by one and all. It is now time for the Governor to urge the President to immediately disqualify JD(S) and their MLAs as it was on the party's “unconditional” assurance and parading before him that the President's rule was revoked. Disqualification would indeed be a lesson for the future coalition governments.
V RAMESH
Bangalore

Beware, Cong!
Sir, If the Congress has even an iota of self respect and shame, then it should not entertain H D Deve Gowda. He ditched the BJP after his MLAs swore before the Governor and the President in an affidavit that their support was “unconditional.” After that, he imposed conditions. This is the height of unscrupulousness.
Bhavanishankar
Bangalore