JD(S)-BJP secret understanding will be exposed after bypoll:congress

Mysore, Nov 22 (UNI) Senior congress leaders, including former ministers today claimed that the "secret understanding" between the ruling coaltion partners the Janata Dal (S) and the BJP would be exposed after the Chamundeswari assembly byelections slated for December Four.

Addressing newsmen these leaders including former ministers, H Viswanath, M Shivanna, M Mahdeva and Tanveer Sait alleged that the coalition partners were painting the colour of casteism in the elections and were banking on the votes of two community votes. This was a dangerous and unhealthy development in he state, they claimed.

No party would win the election on community vote and the battle should be fought on policies and programmes, they added.

Mr Viswanath said that the "dharma yudha" declared by the former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (S) national president H D Deve Gowda was over even before it could commence as the people have already made up their mind to who should be elected.

Mr M Shivanna said the Janata Dal(S) was speaking now about internal reservation, which had already been taken up earlier by the Krishna government which had constituted an commission for the purpose.

The Congress party would take up the campaign on various level and top leaders are camping in the city to take up the election door to door campaign in the coming days they said.

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