Congress trying to topple the Coalition government: Yediyurappa

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Bangalore, Nov 22 (UNI) Opposition Congress party was trying to topple the Janata Dal (Secular) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition government right from the day one but its evil-designs will not work, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa said today.

Speaking at the "Meet the Press' programme organised by the Bangalore Press Club here, the Deputy Chief Minister expressed confidence that he would assume charge as the next Chief Minister after the present Chief Minister, Mr H D Kumaraswamy, completed of 20 months in power as per agreement reached by JDS and the BJP before formation of the government on February 3, 2006.

Mr Yediyurappa, who is also holding finance portfolio, said that the state has achieved a growth of over 25 per cent in terms of revenue collection and stood first among all other states in the Country. During 2005-06 the Revenue collection from Commercial tax, stamp and duty and motor vehicles department was Rs 10,451 Crores while under his stewardship the collection of revenue from these three department had crossed Rupees 12,844 Crores since February this year.

He said that the new programmes including Suvarna Sulabha Sala, Bhagyalakshmi, Bhagyada Bandi and distribution of bicycle to girl students belonged to poorer section has made the KDF government more popular and expressed confidence that in the next assembly elections his party would come to power on its own.

Claiming that the coalition government was running smoothly without any serious differences between two party leaders, Mr Yediyurappa denied that the KDF government was facing serious crisis of misunderstanding between two coalition partners on several issues.

Replying to a question, Mr Yediyurappa condemned the Congress leaders opposing the Bhat Commission, constituted to unearth the illegal mining scam and welcomed the Commission's decision to take assistance of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in finding out the truth.

UNI

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