JD(S) Legislature Party Meet tomorrow

Bangalore, Sept 30 (UNI) The Janata Dal (Secular) Legislature party members will be meeting tomorrow to take stock of the political situation in the State and discuss transfer of power issue.

Talking to newsmen here, on the sidelines of inauguration of 'Vartha Soudha', Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said that "the JDSLP will deliberate and decide on the power transfer issue. There are certain things that needs to be considered by our Legislators. I can't react on them openly." The meeting will be held at 1800 hours.

Declining to reveal possible outcome on transfer of power issue, Mr Kumaraswamy said that "I will take a decision which would be appreciated by five crore people of the State." About resignation tendered by Minister for Tourism Sriramulu, Mr Kumaraswamy, who is up in arms against the "humiliation" meted out to him by Sriramulu, said that "the resignation did not have much importance at this stage." He said he was in receipt of Sriramulu's resignation letter but was yet to decide on whether to accept or ignore it. "I never asked for Sriramulu's resignation. The state is in the grip of a sensitive political situation. There is no urgency to decide on the resignation letter, which can wait for two or three days," he added.

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