BJP urges Karnataka Governor to save democracy

Hyderabad: BJP national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao has come down heavily on Congress-JD (S) Karnataka State government headed by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for taking crucial decisions while the motion of confidence is being debated in the State Assembly.

He alleged that democracy was being murdered in Karnataka, He urged the Karnataka Governor to protect the principles of democracy.

"People who talk about democracy, people who talk about moral politics, those who talk about due process... we are warning them all, the system of democracy is being murdered in Karnataka.

The BJP will not accept this.

We urge the (Karnataka) Governor to protect (democracy)," Muralidhar Rao told reporters here.

He claimed that the Karnataka Assembly Speaker was violating the law and subverting the spirit of the Constitution by conducting the debate on the trust vote in a "never-ending" manner.

The debate was continuing despite the Governor's appeal to conclude the debate on the vote of confidence, Muralidhar Rao, in charge of BJP affairs in Karnataka, alleged.

He alleged that the act of Karnataka Minister D K Shiva Kumar of Congress in going to meet the rebel MLAs in Mumbai amounted to undue influence, horse trading and negotiation.

Rao alleged that Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy was taking unethical and illegal decisions though he did not have a majority.

"We will never accept these decisions of this government which are against the people," he said.

BJP would showcase the Karnataka developments as an example for the "unethical politics" of Congress-JD (S) in the coming days, he said.

The Karnataka Governor has to protect the democratic process and the democratic system, he said. The Congress-JDS government in Karnataka has been rocked by rebellion by a section of its MLAs, threatening its survival.

For the third day running, the Karnataka assembly is debating the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy

Referring to politics in Telangana, Rao, who hails from the State, alleged that the ruling TRS and opposition Congress have come together and were targeting the BJP. He claimed that the BJP would emerge as the alternative to the TRS in Telangana.