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BS Yeddyurappa rules out forming Karnataka govt with JD(S), favours fresh Assembly polls if coalition with Congress collapses

Press Trust of India • May 27, 2019, 08:57:00 IST
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Amid speculation that the JDS-Congress coalition may collapse following its drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa said his party favoured fresh Assembly elections in such an event.

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BS Yeddyurappa rules out forming Karnataka govt with JD(S), favours fresh Assembly polls if coalition with Congress collapses

Bengaluru: Amid speculation that JD(S)-Congress coalition may collapse following its drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa on Sunday said his party favoured fresh Assembly elections in such an event, ruling out partnering with the regional party to form a new government. “Forming a government with JD(S) help is an impossibility. I have had a distasteful experience of 20-20 rule under Kumaraswamy’s chief ministership. I do not want to repeat the mistake again,” Yeddyurappa told PTI in an interview. [caption id=“attachment_4474811” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]File image of Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa. PTI File image of Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa. PTI[/caption] The BJP had to withdraw support to the Kumaraswamy led government as the JD(S) leader had refused to step down as per the 20-20 power sharing deal in 2007. Responding to a question, Yeddyurappa said the party is ready for fresh state elections. “We are ready for fresh Assembly elections. There is no option left for our party,” he said. Claiming that the JD(S)-Congress government has lost people’s faith after losing 26 seats in Karnataka in the Lok Sabha elections, he said despite this, the coalition partners have decided to run the government, which was against the verdict of the people. He also alleged that the coalition partners have buried the hatchet just to remain in power, instead of solving people’s problems such as drought and drinking water across the state. To another query, the senior BJP leader said the party has convened a meeting on 1 June to chart out the next course of action. Asked whether the BJP would welcome Sumalatha Ambareesh, who defeated Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumaraswamy in Mandya Lok Sabha constituency, into the party, Yeddyurappa said if Sumalatha wants to join his party, she was welcome to do so. “Sumalatha told us that she would talk to the people of Mandya and decide on joining BJP,” he added. The Congress and JD(S) formed a coalition government in the state after the May 2018 Assembly elections threw up a hung verdict. Congress and JD(S) ended up winning only one seat each in the Lok Sabha elections, dealing a blow to the one-year-old coalition. JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda and Chief Minister Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil lost in Tumkur and Mandya, respectively.

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