Bengaluru, May 27(UNI) Worried over imminent threat to the one-year-old JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and his Deputy Dr G Parameshwara holding parleys to hammer out strategies to save the government.
According to reliable sources, the coalition partners, who are yet to come out from the shock of the setback in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, are now busy in finding ways to save the coalition government at any cost.
Kumaraswamy, in his bid to save the government, reportedly suggested an idea of taking resignation of the many of the senior Ministers from his cabinet and induct those who were likely to be wean away from the Opposition Bharatiya
Janata Party(BJP).
The Ministers, who are likely to be asked to make way to the dissident MLAs included K J George, Priyank Kharge, Krishna Byre Gowda, R B Thimmapur, Jayamala, C T Khader, P T Parameshwara Naik, Tukaram, Puttaranga Setty (all from the Congress), Srinivas, S R Ramesh, D C Thammanna, (a from the JD(S) , the sources said.
Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is also chairman of the JD(S)-Congress Coalition government, also had a one-on-one meeting with Kumaraswamy and discussed about thwarting the BJP’s game plan to lure the disgruntled Congress and the JD(S) MLAs and save the government.
Both the leaders, had also contacted several Congress rebel MLAs, including B C Patil, B K Sangamesh, J N Ganesh, and supporters of Ramesh Jarakiholi and appealed them not to rock the boat and also offered cabinet berths to them, in a bid to stave off the threat to the stability of the coalition government.
Siddaramaiah, who is also CLP leader, has convened a meeting on May 29 and likely to issue Whip to all the Congress
MLAs to attend it. During the meeting the Congress MLAs, would be advised to shun any offers from the Opposition BJP and remain loyal to the party.
“If needed there is also possibility of shifting all the party MLAs to a safe places including at Resorts”, a Congress leader said.
