No groups have staked to form K'taka govt: Governor
New
Delhi,
Oct
24:
Karnataka
Governor
Rameshwar
Thakur
today
indicated
that
he
was
not
averse
to
hand
over
power
to
an
elected
political
group
was
ready
to
provide
an
alternative
government,
adding
that
so
far
no
political
group
had
come
forward
with
any
proposal
in
writing.
Interacting with newspersons here, Mr Thakur, who is running the state administration eversince the state was brought under President's Rule on October 9 this month, said the Assembly had been kept under ''Suspended Animation'' by the Centre and it was for the political groups and not him to take the initiative in this regard.
Asked about the 'behind the scene' activities between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress, he said, ''there have been media reports to this effect but none have come forward before me.'' He said after he took over the administration he had told the officials that they should clear the day's work on the same day.
It could linger on to the next day only if consultations were needed. Such being the case, the elected government could be in place till the dissolution of Assembly was approved by the Parliament, he added.
Mr Thakur said he had met President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Ministers Shivraj Patil and Sharad Pawar during his stay here yesterday and today to discuss the problems concerning the state.
Asked if he would be getting his team of Advisers , the Governor replied that the process of appointing three to four of them was in an advanced stage and a communication to this effect was expected shortly.
Mr Thakur said his priority in the state was to ensure that developmental works were implemented without any hindrance and the people, especially the poor and the downtrodden, have a feel of peace and societal progress. The state is known for its culture, economic progress and peaceful co-existance and its fair record should be maintained, he added.
He said If peace and harmony exists, it is as good as half job done adding that he was happy that important religious events like Id and Dassara had passed out without any untoward incidents.
Similarly, in the Datta Peetha controversy, he would ensure that status-quo is maintained scrupulously.
He had started Janata Darshans thrice a week where people could meet him without appointments for the redressal of their grievances.
He would be monitoring the progress on a week-to-week basis and their applications and memorandums and effort was to get the work done or give them an official reply.
The
Governor,
who
has
had
his
brush
with
journalism
having
to
chair
the
National
Herald
group
of
publications,
said
he
understood
the
pleasures
and
pains
of
newspapermen
and
he
would
allow
them
to
function
as
they
should.
''They
can
be
critical
but
news
should
be
truthful'',
he
remarked.
UNI