Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s decision should be watched out for, JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda said on Wednesday, in a cryptic remark made in the context of the December 5 bypolls in Karnataka.
“....What happens after election results, the supreme leader is Sonia Gandhi. What she will decide everybody has to accept it in the Congress. We (JDS) don’t have any supreme leader. We have to see what happens after the election result is out,” Gowda said.
Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, he said such a situation would not have existed had the coalition Government continued.
To a question about differences between Congress and JD(S) after the collapse of the coalition Government, he shot back “Do you expect us (Congress-JDS) to become one, immediately after the collapse (of the Government)?”
The ruling BJP needs to win at least six seats in the bypolls to 15 constituencies to remain in a majority in the 224-member Assembly, which would still have two vacant seats — Maski and R R Nagar.
On the other hand, Gowda’s son and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy told reporters while campaigning in Mandya district that there would be a stable Government in the State after the bypolls, but not necessarily that of BJP.
“..But have we said which (party) Government will be stable...Who has said BJP Government will be stable? We have said- there will be a Government. Why are you guessing it as BJP Government? he said in response to a question.
Asked whether there would again be a coalition Government in the State, he said, “let’s see after (December) 9. I will tell you.