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H D Deve Gowda: Not sure how long JD(S)-Congress government would last
Updated On: 22 June, 2019 10:19 AM IST | | ANI
Gowda also said he did not know how long the Congress-JD(S)government, headed by his son H D Kumaraswamy, would continueand it was in the hands of the senior coalition partner
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Bengaluru: In a sign of growing tensions inthe ruling alliance in Karnataka, former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Friday said there was no doubt that there would be mid-term polls to the state assembly. Gowda also said he did not know how long the Congress-JD(S)government, headed by his son H D Kumaraswamy, would continue and it was in the hands of the senior coalition partner.
"There is no doubt that there will be mid-term polls. They (Congress) had said they will give support to us for five years. I am watching all the developments and their behaviour. Our people are intelligent enough. We need not have to teach them," he told reporters here. As his remarks sent alarm bells ringing in the shaky coalition, Gowda backtracked and said he was only referring tothe Grama Panchayat and local body elections. "I have spoken about local body elections, not assembly polls. I am here to build my party. As Kumaraswamy mentioned, the government will continue for the next four years,"he said. Gowda's salvo earlier came amid reports that Congress Legislature Party leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had conveyed to party president Rahul Gandhi that the alliance was causing damage to the grand old party and it became clear in the recent Lok Sabha polls' outcome. The BJP had crushed the Congress and JD(S), winning 25 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats and leaving only one seat each to the two alliance partners. The BJP-backed independentcandidate had won the Mandya seat. Amid confusing signals, Siddaramaiah tweeted, "The news about me recommending INC India President Shri Rahul Gandhi tobreak coalition ties are baseless and is nothing, but a figmentof the imagination."
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