Restrain from making controversial statements: HDK to Cong, JDS leaders

Bengaluru: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday requested the leaders of both Congress and JD(S) party to restrain from making controversial statements since the opposition party is attempting to form a new Central Government.

Kumaraswamy in a tweet said, “We are on the verge of formation of a new Government at the centre. At this juncture where all efforts are being made to form non-BJP government at the centre, the contradictory statements by leaders of coalition partners #Congress-#JDS may mar such efforts.”

In another tweet, he requested, ” My humble request to the leaders of both the parties to restrain from making contradictory- controversial statements in public and to support the cause.”

The state coalition government recently caught the attention of the opposition party after Home Minister and Congress Leader, M B Patil, hinted that Congress Leader Siddaramaiah should take over the Chief Minister post again.

Following MB Patil’s statement, Kumaraswamy had said that senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge should have been made a Chief Minister long back, but he was not given enough recognition for his work by his party.

However, the statements made by MB Patil and Kumaraswamy led to a bevy of jibes from leaders of both parties leading to the Congress high command to hold a meeting at the Hubballi Airport and tell the JD(S) leadership that there are negative statements coming from both ends and the impact of the bickering will be seen on the alliance of the two parties in by-polls and Congress’s relationship with the ally and prospective allies across the country.