K'taka: AIPJD demand dismissal of JD(S)-BJP Govt

Bangalore, July 19: With the JD(S)-BJP Government in Karnataka once again coming under dark clouds following the bribery allegation against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, the All India Progressive Janata Dal today urged Governor T N Chaturvedi to recommend its dismissal to the Centre.

Speaking to reporters here, AIPJD leader B R Patil said ''this Government has become a curse to the State and its people. People do not deserve a Government, headed by such a Chief Minister. The Governor should take note of this serious development and write to the Centre to dismiss this Government and order a CBI inquiry into the murky illegal mining episode.''

Earlier in the day, BJP MLC Janardhana Reddy reiterated in the Upper House that the Chief Minsiter, his family and Forests Minister C Chennigappa were directly involved in collecting Rs 150 crore bribe from the illegal mining lobby in the State. Following his outbursts, the MLC was suspended from the party.

Mr Patil said JD(S) President H D Deve Gowda, who had first refused to extend his blessings to the coalition Government formed with BJP by dethroning the Congress-JD(S) dispensation but later accepted it, should own responsibility for the state of affairs of the party. ''Mr Gowda has failed to take his party in the right direction. It is better he dissolved the JD(S). The BJP should get out of this mess sooner than later and severe its ties with the JD(S),'' he warned.

UNI

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