Deve Gowda accuses congress of misusing government machinery

Bengaluru: JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda during his meeting with Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat communicated his doubts over the transparent conduct of the Assembly elections in the State here on Thursday. 

After meeting Rawat Deve Gowda told the media “I conveyed to the notice of the Election Commission the conduct of a few authorities. The election procedure ought to be transparent and I have communicated my doubts about it,” 

Alluding to developments in the Home Department, he said honest officers had been changed. “However (guide to the Home Minister) Kempaiah’s office has been shut in the Vikasa Soudha, it has been moved somewhere else. I have brought this and his impedance in the office to the Election Commission’s notice,” he included. 

Gowda brought six issues in the memorandum recently when JD(S) had lodged a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer, including transfer of authorities whom they need in Ramanagaram, Hassan, Mandya, and Mysuru area and affirmed abuse of official machinery. He also said that police vehicles are being utilized to transport cash.