K'taka cong ready to face polls anytime: Kharge

Hubli, Mar 11: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)President Mallikarjuna Kharge today said his party was ready to faceelections any time.

Talking to newspersons here, he said ''we are ready. ThisJD(S)-BJP coalition Government should go. I am sure former PrimeMinister and JD(S) President H D Deve Gowda will not allow anybody tobecome the Chief Minister, except his sons.'' To a question, Mr Khargesaid that as per his information, Mr Gowda had not formally metCongress President Sonia Gandhi. But, they could have met on thecorridors of Parliament during the session.

Asked whether as KPCC chief he had the knowledge of former DeputyChief Minister Siddaramaiah calling on Ms Gandhi, he said anybody,including an ordinary worker, could meet her.

Urging for a CBI inquiry into the Rs 150 crore bribery scandalinvolving Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, Mr Kharge said the ChiefMinister did not fall under the purview of the Lok Ayukta. He alsoaccused the Government of trying to make the State into another UttarPradesh or Bihar.

Terming the coalition Government as a ''non-performing one'', hesaid the Government, which could not spend 35 per cent of the budgetaryamount, was making promises to the tune of thousands of crores. ''ThisGovernment announces things first, then thinks,'' he chided.

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