Who is responsible for coalition failure?: HDK seeks 'honest' answer from Siddu

Bengaluru: Training guns at his former alliance partner Siddaramaiah, former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday asked him to “honestly” answer who was responsible for the coalition government’s collapse in the state

In a series of tweets, Kumaraswamy targeted the senior Congress leader and sought to know who caused damage to the 14-month-old coalition government.

“Due to whose mistake did the coalition fail? Who is to be held responsible for the failure? Who caused the damage? Could you please answer honestly,” Kumaraswamy asked on Twitter.

This comes in response to Siddaramaiah’s remarks that if Congress wins 15 seats in by-polls BS Yedyurappa has to give resignation and the Congress will go for a fresh election without an alliance with the JD-S.

“In which way did you cooperate with us in the Lok Sabha elections? “Who” is the hearts of disqualified MLAs? Please give an honest answer to this “who” question? I am thankful to you for your cooperation and support. I will never forget that in my lifetime. Siddarmaiah, we do not want your relationship,” Kumaraswamy tweeted.

In yet another tweet Kumaraswamy said: “Who asked Siddaramaiah to join hands with us? Who came knocking on our doorstep? Who helped out? Who kept criticising me every day? Who targeted me?”

Bypolls are to be held on December 5 to 15 out of the 17 constituencies represented by disqualified MLAs of Congress and JD(S), whose revolt led to the collapse of the coalition government of the two parties in July, paving the way for the BJP government headed by Yediyurappa.