Bengaluru, April 13: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar today asked former Prime minister H D Devegowda to reserve his oracles for the existence of JDS rather than for the survival of the Congress government in the State.
Speaking to reporters at his Sadashivanagar residence, he said, “Congress party has 136 plus seats. Devegowda would be better off predicting the future of JDS than the Congress government in Karnataka. Mr Shivakumar was responding to Devegowda’s statement that there is no guarantee for Congress government.
“I have also seen as much future as Devegowda. He has spent 60 years in political life while I have spent 40 years. We have 136+ seats and let him not worry about our government’s survival. He would be better off thinking about the survival of JDS. He needs to tell people whether JDS will remain a separate party or merge with the BJP,” he said.
Expel BJP leaders who raised Constitution change
Asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that Constitution would not be changed even if Dr B R Ambedkar sought it, he said, “I have respect for the Prime minister. I am not sure why he is talking about this topic now. Why did he not expel party leaders who raised the issue of changing the Constitution if the BJP got 400 seats. If the Prime minister is so committed to the integrity of the Constitution, he should expel the party leaders. He is talking about this now as the SC, ST and the downtrodden sections of the society have expressed their concern over BJP’s plan to change the Constitution.”
