The coordination committee of the coalition government has settled several issues between the partners in power including budget, loan waiver, common minimum programme etc. But interestingly, the government is yet to give its stamp of approval to this committee.
The government has not issued notification announcing about giving official identification for this committee. Only after this notification is issued, the chairperson and members of the committee will get government’s recognition. But chief minister, H D Kumaraswamy, has not touched this issue so far. This has given rise to anger in the minds of Congress leaders, particularly Siddaramaiah. It may be recalled that the committee had met twice after it was formed about a month back.
The leaders are pointing out that when UPA government was in power at the center, Sonia Gandhi was made the chairperson of UPA and the government had given its stamp of approval for the coordination committee headed by her. It is learned that the Congress leaders had asked the chief minister to accord official recognition to the committee in the very first meeting. But during the last one month, no step has been taken in this direction. Dr G Parameshwar’s statement about giving cabinet status to Siddaramaiah has also not been implemented. Once his post gets official approval, Siddaramaiah would be eligible to stay in the spacious bungalow he now occupies, and also get an office in Vidhana Soudha if necessary.
It is said that not only JD(S), but also deputy chief minister Dr G Parameshwar, has not been evincing much interest in this issue. It is also said that when Siddaramaiah demanded in the committee meeting to continue all the programmes of Congress party, Parameshwar had not come to his support. Because of this, sources say Siddaramaiah, who is the Congress parliamentary party leader in the assembly, has decided to become more active during the sessions and take more and more legislators into confidence.
