Offered Congress post of Chief Minister says Deve Gowda
A day after his son made the comment that he was indebted to the Congress and not the people, H D Deve Gowda said that the post of Chief Minister had first been offered by him to the Congress.
Gowda
while
defending
his
son,
Kumaraswamy's
shocking
statement
said
that
the
Congress
is
the
major
party
and
the
JD(S)
the
minority.
We
did
not
ask
for
us,
they
came
to
us
instead
he
said.
I
said
there
should
be
a
Congress
chief
minister
and
we
would
support
that.
There's
nothing
to
hide.
We
weren't
in
a
hurry
to
come
to
power,"
Gowda
told
reporters.
It was Ghulam Nabi Azad who said that their high command had decided that Kumaraswamy would be Chief Minister, Gowda further said.
On Sunday, Kumaraswamy said he was indebted to the Congress and not the people, in the context of his inability to announce a farm loan waiver on his own. He faced much flak for this, with the opposition BJP also taking potshots at him. Kumaraswamy said he would resign if he could not take a decision on the farm loan waiver in a week's time.