03-09-2008, 08:48 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Janata Dal(S) cracks,Prakash to go his own way</b>
Bangalore:
Big blow
* M P Prakash and 10 former MLAs to quit JD(S)
* They had rebelled against Gowdaâs unilateral decisions
* They have not yet announced their future course action
10 ex-MLAs also quitting
The Janata Dal (Secular) on Wednesday received a jolt with senior party leader M P Prakash and 10 other former MLAs deciding to severe ties with it.
Prakash and the others took the decision in protest against the âabsence of internal democracyâ in the party and âunilateral decisionsâ taken by H D Deve Gowda and his sons.
âWe have taken this decision with great agony and anguish,â Prakash announced to the media after passing a resolution to this effect at a meeting of âlike-mindedâ leaders here in Bangalore.
The breakaway faction, however, did not divulge their next course of action. All that Prakash said after much insistence was that he and his supporters have received invitations from almost all parties. A four-member committee will be formed to weigh the various options and take a final decision, he added.
âNo new partyâ
<b>âOptions are open on going to the BSP, SP, Congress and BJP. Leaders of these parties are in touch with me,â the former home minister said. But he ruled out the possibility of launching a separate outfit.</b>
Besides Prakash, others who have decided to quit the party are H S Mahadev Prasad, Amaregouda Bayyapur, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Suryanarayana Reddy, B C Patil, H Anjaneya, M Y Patil, K N Rajanna, Narasimha Nayak and Balraj. Many of these leaders including Prakash belong to the Lingayat community.
Prakash claimed that Santhosh Lad and Ravikanth Patil, who were not present at the meeting, are also supporting him and are quitting.
Two JD(S) MLCs B T Channabasappa and B Chidanand and leaders like H Ekantaiah, S M Nagaraj, T M Chandrashekar and several others will also quit the party, he said.
Asked about former CM H D Kumaraswamyâs statement that he has been waiting for Prakash to change his mind, the former home minister curtly said there is no need for anybody to wait.
With this, another veteran leader of the JD(S) has parted ways with Deve Gowda. Other senior leaders who have moved away from Gowda ever since the inception of the Janata Dal include the late Ramakrishna Hegde, the late S R Bommai, the late J H Patel, P G R Sindhia and Siddaramaiah.
Prakashâs decision has come at a time when the party is badly in need of a powerful Lingayat leader to soothen the ruffled sentiments of the Lingayat community. Lingayats are believed to be enraged at the Dal betrayal of BJPâs B S Yeddyurappa, who is also a Lingayat, on power transfer.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Rumours that M P Prakash may join Congress but not confirmed.
Bangalore:
Big blow
* M P Prakash and 10 former MLAs to quit JD(S)
* They had rebelled against Gowdaâs unilateral decisions
* They have not yet announced their future course action
10 ex-MLAs also quitting
The Janata Dal (Secular) on Wednesday received a jolt with senior party leader M P Prakash and 10 other former MLAs deciding to severe ties with it.
Prakash and the others took the decision in protest against the âabsence of internal democracyâ in the party and âunilateral decisionsâ taken by H D Deve Gowda and his sons.
âWe have taken this decision with great agony and anguish,â Prakash announced to the media after passing a resolution to this effect at a meeting of âlike-mindedâ leaders here in Bangalore.
The breakaway faction, however, did not divulge their next course of action. All that Prakash said after much insistence was that he and his supporters have received invitations from almost all parties. A four-member committee will be formed to weigh the various options and take a final decision, he added.
âNo new partyâ
<b>âOptions are open on going to the BSP, SP, Congress and BJP. Leaders of these parties are in touch with me,â the former home minister said. But he ruled out the possibility of launching a separate outfit.</b>
Besides Prakash, others who have decided to quit the party are H S Mahadev Prasad, Amaregouda Bayyapur, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Suryanarayana Reddy, B C Patil, H Anjaneya, M Y Patil, K N Rajanna, Narasimha Nayak and Balraj. Many of these leaders including Prakash belong to the Lingayat community.
Prakash claimed that Santhosh Lad and Ravikanth Patil, who were not present at the meeting, are also supporting him and are quitting.
Two JD(S) MLCs B T Channabasappa and B Chidanand and leaders like H Ekantaiah, S M Nagaraj, T M Chandrashekar and several others will also quit the party, he said.
Asked about former CM H D Kumaraswamyâs statement that he has been waiting for Prakash to change his mind, the former home minister curtly said there is no need for anybody to wait.
With this, another veteran leader of the JD(S) has parted ways with Deve Gowda. Other senior leaders who have moved away from Gowda ever since the inception of the Janata Dal include the late Ramakrishna Hegde, the late S R Bommai, the late J H Patel, P G R Sindhia and Siddaramaiah.
Prakashâs decision has come at a time when the party is badly in need of a powerful Lingayat leader to soothen the ruffled sentiments of the Lingayat community. Lingayats are believed to be enraged at the Dal betrayal of BJPâs B S Yeddyurappa, who is also a Lingayat, on power transfer.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Rumours that M P Prakash may join Congress but not confirmed.