KARNATAKA POLITICS: Gowda vows to implement BSY's programmes!

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IANS / expressbuzz.com / Last Updated : 15 Aug 2011 05:58:44 PM IST.

BANGALORE: Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda Monday listed the achievements of the B.S. Yeddyurappa government and declared that his priority would be to fully implement the plan and programmes already announced by his predecessor instead of making new announcements.

"My priority is to fully implement the plan and programmes already announced (by the previous government headed by Yeddyurappa) instead of making new announcements, as it had the distinction of achieving several firsts in the country," Gowda said in his Independence Day speech here.

Gowda became the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) second chief minister in the state Aug 4 after scam-hit Yeddyurappa resigned July 31 following his indictment by the state Lokayukta (ombudsman) in a multi-crore mining scam.

Though Gowda was declared elected leader of the BJP legislature party Aug 3 through a secret ballot by the lawmakers, Yeddyurappa had proposed his name as his successor even before he submitted his resignation to Governor H.R. Bhardwaj.

Listing out achievements of the Yeddyurappa government, Gowda said presenting the first-ever separate agriculture budget, providing farm credit at one percent interest rate, Rs.2 per litre of milk incentive to 600,000 producers and subsidy of Rs.10,000 each to one million farmers, setting record food production of 13 million tonnes and creating irrigation potential in 350,000 acres were some of the accomplishments over the last three years since the BJP came to power in the state for the first time.

"The prudent financial management of our (BJP) government has received appreciation from all quarters. The Planning Commission, the Reserve Bank of India and the 13th Finance Commission commended our efforts in resource mobilization, fiscal management and increasing plan expenditure," Gowda said in his 30-minute address at the Field Marshal Manekshaw parade ground in the city centre.

Asserting that his government was committed to providing food, health, education, housing and social justice to empower the people, the chief minister said he would strive to improve infrastructure facilities in rural and urban areas and increase employment potential for youth.

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KARNATAKA POLITICS: Rival faction boycotts Gowda’s swearing-in ceremony!

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PTI / The Hindu / BANGALORE, August 4, 2011.

The rebel BJP faction in Karnataka headed by Jagadish Shettar today boycotted the swearing-in ceremony of new Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, again bringing into sharp focus the deep division in the ruling party.

However, Ananth Kumar and the party’s state unit chief K.S. Eshwarappa, the two leaders who propped up Mr. Shettar against Mr. Gowda, who is outgoing chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s choice, were present in the Raj Bhavan.

Earlier Mr. Gowda drove to Mr. Shettar’s residence, where MLAs backing him were having breakfast, and invited them to attend the swearing-ceremony at Raj Bhavan. However, the legislators boycotted the event.

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KARNATAKA POLITICS: Breakfast diplomacy: Sadananda reaches out to Shettar!!

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Radhika Iyer, Updated: August 04, 2011 12:01 IST.

Bangalore:  "My big smile will last for 22 months," said the man who will formally take over as Chief Minister of Karnataka today. Sadananda Gowda, 54, will have to work hard to keep that famous grin in place. (Read: Who is Sadananda Gowda?) 

Close to 55 of the BJP's 121 MLAs in Karnataka are considering boycotting Mr Gowda's swearing-in, scheduled for 4 pm.  These MLAs are loyal to BJP General Secretary Ananth Kumar, who tried to have his candidate, Jagadish Shettar, elected as the new Chief Minister.  Mr Shettar lost the vote conducted yesterday by secret ballot by 12 votes. 

"We have not been invited to the swearing-in," said Mr Shettar, who is the Rural Development Minister. "After we get the invite, we will think about it," he said.  A minister close to Mr Shettar said that he has refused an offer to serve as the Deputy Chief Minister.  The Shettar camp had breakfast this morning at his home.  Bang next door lives Mr Gowda, who decided to drop in for breakfast at his rival's home -  a gesture of goodwill that could go a long way in bridging the gap.

The 22 months that Mr Gowda referred to is how long the BJP has before Karnataka votes again.  The party is trying to balance caste equations in the state.  Mr Gowda is a Vokkaliga, the second-largest community in Karnataka.  Mr Shettar on the other hand belongs to the Lingayat community which makes up a powerful votebank.  

Having the top two communities represented at the highest levels of government would possibly come as close as the BJP can get to keeping everyone happy. Now if only Mr Shettar would cooperate.  "I have seen more turbulence when I was BJP president (in the state)," said Mr Gowda today.  

 

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KARNATAKA POLITICS: Sadananda Gowda will be new Karnataka CM!

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PTI / The Hindu / BANGALORE, August 3, 2011.

Sadananda Gowda after attending a meeting at the BJP office in Bangalore. File photo.

Lok Sabha member D. V. Sadananda Gowda will be the new Chief Minister of Karnataka,with his election on Wednesday as leader of the BJP legislature party in secret ballot, in a victory to the B. S. Yeddyurappa camp.

The exact number of votes polled by the rival candidates was not immediately available.

58-year-old Gowda beat Jagadish Shettar who was propped up by the rival camp led by BJP National General Secretary H. N. Ananth Kumar in a straight contest after the party central leaders failed to evolve a consensus on the successor issue.

The election brought out the sharp division in BJP’s State unit with Mr. Yeddyurappa aggressively pushing for Mr. Gowda’s candidature after being asked to step down as Chief Minister following his indictment in the Lokayukta report on illegal mining.

An affable and non-controversial figure, Mr. Gowda, a former State unit chief, is a Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagalur.

He has also served as Deputy Opposition leader in the Assembly.

After Mr. Yeddyurappa’s exit, party’s Central observers Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh had tried to build a consensus on his successor but the rival factions stuck to their guns forcing a showdown.

Yeddyurappa factor

The election of Mr. Gowda, who is not a member of either House of the Legislature, has clearly demonstrated the hold Mr. Yeddyurappa has over legislators and his command over the party in the State.

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KARNATAKA POLITICS: BJP non-committal on Sadananda Gowda!

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Special Correspondent, The Hindu / NEW DELHI, August 2, 2011.

File photo of Karnataka BJP leader D.V. Sadananda Gowda - The Hindu.

Congress continues its onslaught against BJP on mining issue

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday asserted that the party legislature party in Karnataka would meet in Bangalore on August 3 to elect a successor to the outgoing Chief Minister Yeddyurappa, but was non-committal on the demand of Mr. Yeddyurappa to see D.V. Sadananda Gowda in his place.

The Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, who returned on Sunday from Bangalore after persuading Mr. Yeddyurappa to step down, told journalists here that he, along with the former party President, Rajnath Singh, had completed ‘consultations' with the party legislators on choosing a new Chief Minister.

That the party has deferred the decision on election of new Legislature Party leader till August 3 and Mr. Jaitley chose not to elaborate on the completion of consultations are signs that there are divisions within the party on a successor to Mr. Yeddyurappa.

‘CONSIDERED DECISION’

To a question on the statement made by the outgoing Chief Minister that he had proposed the name of Mr. Sadananda Gowda, Mr. Jaitley said that everyone in the party was entitled to express their views.

“There is a democratic [way] of choosing a new leader. It can be through consensus or election,” he maintained.

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