BJP State President B S Yeddyurappa said that the fate of the Kumaraswamy-led JD(S)-Congress coalition state government, will be known in a fortnight.
He spoke to reporters in Belagavi on Tuesday.
Yeddyurappa said that some coalition legislators were unhappy with the irresponsible statements of the Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.
Kumaraswamy's outburst against north Karnataka people saying they had no moral right to demand crop loan waiver because they had not voted for JD(S); had not gone down well with some coalition MLAs. The sentiments of northern region voters were hurt.
Yeddyurappa revealed that coalition MLAs were considering options and the fate of the coalition government would be known in a fortnight.
Yeddyurappa said, BJP was opposed to the bifurcation of the state. Its leaders B S Sriramulu and Umesh Katti, had made strong statements on the separate state issue only because the state government had neglected the development of north Karnataka districts, he added.
Yeddyurappa also clarified that he was not in favour of smaller states. “Post-independence, we have striven hard for the unification of the state. Many have sacrificed much for the cause of a united Karnataka," he noted.
He said that JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda was silent on the statehood issue. "But Kumaraswamy cannot make statements without the concurrence of his father Deve Gowda," Yeddyurappa pointed out.
(Published 31 July 2018, 07:43 IST)
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