A section of JD(S) leadership headed by Mr. Kumaraswamy forming government with BJP was a historical blunder. If Mr. Devegowda was not active, BJP would have finished BJP by now. BJP has the history of marginalizing the coalition partner everywhere. They have wiped out JD(U) in Karnataka (JDU was once a powerful force). Sensing the danger, Mr. Devegowda did what was right for the party. BJP cannot claim that to be cheating. BJP previously had pulled V.P. Singh's government. In politics allingnments and re-allignments are very common. Weeping over non handing over of Chief Ministership is an act of cowardice. Giving communal and casteistic colour to it is an expression of defeatedness. The voters of Karnataka are mature enough to respond to that drama.
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by raj on May 22, 2008 11:17 AM Permalink
oh man, i cant imagine you supporting a A party like jds - the worst scumbags on this planet. a totally selfish party. people who lie like they are telling the absolute and only truth. i'd rather prefer presedent's rule than jds! down with selfish politics.
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by dakshin on May 21, 2008 04:07 PM Permalink
Political leadership of any party knows when to support and when not to support. Mr. Devegowda as a leader of his party can take any decision in the best interest of the party - it is his right. The spin doctor of BJP Mr. Arun Jaitley engineered the collapse of Congress-JDS coalition. Whereas Mr. Devegowda terminated JDS -BJP coalition.
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by Pop Head on May 21, 2008 04:48 PM Permalink
That's right. BJP induced JDS to ditch Congress and when they did it back to the BJP, they cry betrayal! So what JDS did it to Congress is strategy and the same thing they did to BJP is unethical!
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by raj on May 22, 2008 11:19 AM Permalink
dude, bjp induced jds or was it a very ambitious kumaraswamy wanting to become a cm at all or any costs ? man yu know how to put a political spin and a mask to it - but people of karnataka know what nataka goes on with gowdas. its not the first time - the gowda family have zero reputation, look how sonia refused to meet him in delhi - that snub was fantastic - he should be dealt with like that ALL the time!
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by A Singh on May 22, 2008 11:25 AM Permalink
I think you were correct in your original message. So far, BJP has been instrumental in finishing BJP. No party had the amunition to finish BJP after it came to Power in 1999. But it was plagued by doubts about itself: Whether to pursue the Ram Mandir Agenda, whether to discuss Article 370 or not! And the party finished itself. If credit has to be assigned to someone for this, it should go to Atal Bihari Vajpai. And not to Sonia Gandhi or Mulayam Singh, Mayawati or Laloo Prasad. One sure way of finishing the party is; to let it govern for 5 years.
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by jack back on May 21, 2008 07:49 PM Permalink
It's politics.Politics could be either for value or for opportunity. Unfortunately since Indira's time politics in India is based on opportunity only. How many times Congress & all other parties did the similar thing?
At least BJP has the best track record in governance and they are the only all India national party.
