Karnataka: 25 Congress MLAs ready to quit; govt will fall before LS polls, says BJP's Yatnal
Senior BJP legislator Basanagouda Patil Yatnal warned that the Congress government in Karnataka will fall if 30 MLAs quit
Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka will collapse before Lok Sabha polls next year since 25 of their MLAs are ready to quit, claimed senior BJP legislator Basanagouda Patil Yatnal today. The Congress will collapse due to infighting and claimed that the BJP would raise the issue of corruption in the state.
The MLA from Bijapur (Vijayapura) city also hoped that the BJP will once again come back to power.
"Congress which says it has got 135 seats is unable to sleep; if 30 people go out, the government will fall. 25 people are ready. Some ministers are behaving as though they have got all powers and are removing or transferring officials," Yatnal, a former Union minister, said addressing a crowd in Vijayapura in Karnataka.
Alleging that Muslim officials are being posted in Vijayapura, he asked, "What can you do by bringing in Muslims? I'm an MLA and they should abide by me...If any official plays any drama to oppress Hindus...We will come back in January."
And he warned that the Congress will be out before Lok Sabha (polls). "That's the reason both ministers from Vijayapura, who were behaving as though they were flying high after coming to power, have now toned down... they have realised that 35-40 people are ready. If 30-35 people are ready the government will go," he added.
Pointing to comments made by senior Congress MLAs like Basavaraj Rayareddy expressing displeasure about Karnataka becoming a "corrupt state" and disgruntlement expressed during the recent legislature party meet regarding the functioning of ministers, Yatnal said, "their own MLAs are speaking out."
"What they (Congress leaders) want is money, because they have spent during the election...", he said, alleging that large-scale corruption in transfers and lack of funds for development due to 'guarantee schemes' (poll promises) have upset MLAs.
It can also be recalled that deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar too had recently claimed that a plot was being hatched in Singapore to topple the government.
(With inputs from agencies)
