Kumaraswamy’s utterances on power transfer
Sir, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s utterances on denial of transfer of power, lack conviction. He has been repeatedly saying that nobody came to him asking for transfer of power, Yashwanth Sinha did not talk to him, and he was not aware what he talked with H D Deve Gowda and so on. All these statements look absurd. He has not been telling what action was initiated by him for the transfer of power.
As a party of lesser strength, getting the power through the helping hand of the larger group, he should have started the dialogue and the process of transfer much earlier to the deadline and talked to the other group. Instead, he started talking to his father and kept quiet on different statements from his ministers against the power transfer. For the common man it is clear that the onus for the situation lies heavily on the JD(S).
M K Visweswara
Bangalore
Contradictions
Sir, With reference to the your editorial, Dirty deal, (DH, Oct 8), the Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has won a fresh five-year term in office in Saturday’s election which his supporters have described as “constitutional, legal, moral and legitimate" and his opponents have rubbished as “a sham and a disgrace”. Both are right. In a country where the Army has dominated politics and dictated policies ever since its creation, it would be absurd to try and distance the cantonment from the Cabinet. In Pakistan, democracy has to reinvent itself after every spell of Army rule and manage contradictions that may not obtain elsewhere.
J S ACHARYA
Hyderabad
JD(S)’ opportunism
Sir, Karnataka has yearned for a stable government ever since the last Assembly polls threw up a fractured mandate. When H D Kumaraswamy “broke away” from his party to ally with the BJP and form a coalition government, there was much drama and shedding of crocodile tears. There were few takers for their supposed anguish, and with the latest series of shenanigans, it is clear that the JD (S) has ended up participating in two coalition governments with the partners it had furiously opposed, only to ditch both.
K S JAYATHEERTHA
Bangalore
Shame on you!
Sir, It is heartening to note that still there are politicians, whose conscience rules their heart. Hats off to Mahima Patel, who resigned from his post in JD(S), who vociferously said the power should have been transferred to the BJP. In contrast, our honourable home minister M P Prakash has shamelessly endorsed his partys stance by quoting incidents from Mahabharatha. What a shame! The voters of Karnataka feel ashamed to have such leaders in their midst.
Gouraswamy Krishnamurthy
Bangalore
Decision maker
Sir, Atlast, the BJP has paid the price for H D Deve Gowda’s game plan! He has done what he wanted to in stalling the BJP from coming to power. He was opposed to the alliance from the beginning itself. But, at that time situation was not under his control. Now after the JD(S) swept the urban polls, he could convince his son H D Kumaraswamy and see that power was not transferred to BJP. He has achieved his goal. Gowda has once again proved that he is the decision maker and according to his wish everything should work.
BHASKAR M JODGE
Bangalore
A lesson
Sir, Congress in Karnataka should be congratulated for not to have tied up with the power hungry and untrust worthy JD(S).By this, the party has retained some credibility in the eyes of voters. Had it gone along with JD(S), they would have easily created a platform for BJP’s possible good show in next elections. It is better, they said no to the Deve Gowda clan. Even if Congress tries to form a new Government which is highly impossible, they will be condoned. Hope, Gowda guided JD(S) will learn the lesson for their act of failing to keep up the promise.
V S Ganeshan
Bangalore
