The deadline for transfer of power in Karnataka ended on Wednesday. The countdown for exit of the JD(S)-BJP government has begun.
The BJP is furious over JD(S) leadership’s power-sharing betrayal
NEW DELHI: The deadline for transfer of power in Karnataka ended on Wednesday. The countdown for exit of the JD(S)-BJP government has begun, but the constitutional requirements ensure that HD Kumaraswamy will still have the privilege to continue as chief minister for the next few days even as the BJP parliamentary board in its scheduled meeting on Thursday decides to withdraw support from his government.
JD(S) general secretary Danish Ali indicated his party’s unwillingness to hand over the baton to BJP leader BS Yediyurrapa. Ali charged the BJP of not maintaining coalition dharma in the past 20 months of power sharing but had no answer why his party realised the BJP’s follies only on October 3.
The BJP leaders are furious over the JD(S)’s “betrayal,” but publicly they are maintaining a restraint in launching a frontal attack. “We have been decent in dealing with Deve Gowda and Kumaraswamy. We went by the books and submitted resignation of all our 17 ministers,” a BJP leader said.
BJP president Rajnath Singh said developments in the state could not be termed as a political crisis. “I am confident that the problem will be solved”, he said. Kumaraswamy has got three-day extension but it could extend for few more days. The BJP parliamentary board will meet on Thursday and JD(S) political affairs committee will meet on Friday to take a decision on the future of their partnership. The BJP will announce its decision to pull out support from Kumaraswamy government if the JD(S) officially refuses to handover power.
Legal experts said the governor would have to call a special session of the assembly to allow Kumaraswamy to move a confidence motion in the assembly. That will again take some time. If the JD(S) is able to get Congress’s support, even if from outside, then he would have the last laugh and could survive as chief minister. But Congress, which is also bitter of JD(S) for pulling down its government in February 2006, has not taken a decision on the subject. The Congress has the option of ruling by proxy by imposing President Rule in Karnataka “due to a constitutional crisis”.
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