Original BJP Isn’t Running Karnataka Govt, Says DK Shivakumar

Mumbai: Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Sunday said there is a coalition government in the state and it is not being run by the “original BJP”.

Speaking to ANI, the state Congress president said, “This is not the original Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA government, it is a government of all party MLAs, it is a coalition government in the state.”

He claimed that there are a lot of issues within the ruling party because those who have migrated from Congress and JD(S) to BJP have more than 60 per cent of the government, and the long-time party loyalists feel that they are being sidelined.

“There is a fear in the BJP that there are too many internal problems, so their national leaders are repeatedly coming and discussing. The original BJP is not running this government, it is a coalition government,” Shivakumar said.

He further said that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has come from a different party and among those who have come with the CM from Janata Dal, about 30 per cent, Congress 30 per cent and BJP (original) about 30 per cent.

“Basavaraj Bommai came from a different party, those who came with CM from Janata Dal are about 30 per cent, those who have gone from Congress are 30 per cent and BJP original are about 30 per cent. There are a lot of internal issues and there is a lot of scarcity and fear between them as original BJP, people feel that the government is being run by outsiders who came during operation lotus,” Shivakumar told ANI.

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