Karnataka will see political instability after LS results: B S Yeddyurappa
Bengaluru: A mid unease in Congress-JDS ties, state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday said his party would win 22 out of 28 Lok Sabha seats, and one would have to wait and see if there would be political instability after the results are out on May 23.
Not willing to divulge anything on the BJP's plan of action after the election results are out, the former Chief Minister claimed there was confusion between the ruling coalition partners. “I'm confident and I have been saying this since the beginning that we will win 22 seats. Hundred per cent, we will win 22 seats, after that whatever ups and downs that will happen in politics, we have to wait and see- that is all... I dont want to say anything on that," he told the media here.
He said: "We will have to win the by-elections for two assembly seats (Chincholi and Kundgol on May 19) also, so I will start travelling from tomorrow."
Citing recent statements of chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda and senior Congress leader and former chief ministesr Siddaramaiah, he said "There is lot of confusion between Congress and JDS..there is speculation...but everything will depend on Lok Sabha poll results," he said. "We will have to wait and see if there will be political instability in the state after the results are out on May 23..." Karnataka Forest Minister Satish Jarkiholi earlier had alleged that the BJP would try to destabilise the Congress-JDS coalition government in the state if it repeats its 2014 Lok Sabha polls performance. Speaking to reporters at Belagavi, he said, "If they (BJP) get more seats, they will try (to dislodge the government)... If they get similar to 2014, they will try. As of now it looks like they will get less, in such a case they will not indulge in Operation Kamala."
Meanwhile, BJP leader and former minister B Sriramulu told the media in Hubballi that the government would face "danger" once the results are out. "It is clear that this government will not survive for long. There is big danger to this government after this election process is over. There will be big changes after May 23..." Adding to the worry of the ruling coalition is also a meeting of "like-minded" MLAs that is likely to take place under the leadership Congress legislator S T Somashekar, soon after the May 19 assembly bypolls, to discuss issues faced by MLAs under the coalition government and long-pending development work.
