We will form government even if we don’t have majority, says Ramesh Jarkiholi
The Hindu
‘We will do whatever it takes to form a BJP government in the State’
“We will form a BJP government in Karnataka even if the party does not get majority,” the former Minister and BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi said in Gokak on Monday.
“I am sure that the BJP will win majority seats. But even if that does not happen, the party will form the government. We will do whatever it takes to form our own government,” he said. He was speaking at a party rally.
Mr. Jarkiholi has taken credit for the defection of the 17 Congress and Janata Dal(S) legislators to the BJP that brought down the coalition government led by H.D. Kumaraswamy.
He said that the Congress was an anti-Muslim, anti-Dalit party and that its leaders have no sympathy for the suffering of the poor. He criticised the Congress and other party leaders in Belagavi district.
He said that some very bad elements that were trying to campaign against him in Gokak. “These are like worms in the mud. They raise their head only before elections. They will be sleeping in their burrows for four-and-a-half years, but come to Gokak a few months before elections and speak against me,” he said.
He urged the crowd not to believe rumours that he will be quitting the BJP to join other parties. “It is not true. I will stay in the BJP till the end of my political career,” he said.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.