Blame Game In Deve Gowda's JDS After Cross-Voting In Rajya Sabha Polls

JDS leadership has blamed two of its MLAs, Srinivas Gowda and S R Srinivas, for betraying the party during Rajya Sabha polls.

The bitter strife of the Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) came out in open on Saturday a day after the cross-voting by two of its MLAs during the biennial elections for four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka.

The party leadership blamed two of its MLAs, Srinivas Gowda from Kolar and S R Srinivas from Gubbi, for betraying the party.

While Mr Gowda accepted that he voted for the Congress, Mr Srinivas maintained that he had cast the ballot only for the JD(S).

Party state president C M Ibrahim said he would recommend to the party chief and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda to expel them from the party.