Congress-JDS govt is stable, asserts Deve Gowda amid bickering

December 24, 2018 20:49

Janat Dal-Secular supremo and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on Monday dismissed any threat to the ruling coalition headed by his son H D Kumaraswamy after the recent cabinet rejig.

The government was stable and the alliance will efficiently fight the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he told reporters.

"Nothing will happen...why do you have doubts? It is all your (media) creation," Gowda said in response to a question about troubles for the coalition government after the ministry expansion and reshuffle on Saturday.

Pointing out that there are senior leaders and high command in the Congress to resolve all issues, he said "don't worry, the coalition government will work efficiently."

"We (alliance partners) will fight efficiently during parliament polls, there are no issues...I'm saying there is no trouble for coalition government," Gowda added.

Kumaraswamy on Saturday had expanded his six-month-old cabinet, inducting eight members from the Congress in the much-awaited exercise, while dropping two ministers.

The rejig was marked by rumblings of dissidence, as many senior congress MLAs were upset over their exclusion.

The JD-S was not part of this round of cabinet expansion.

Asked when the JD-S will fill vacant slots under its quota, the party patriarch said "the JD-S is a small party and whatever we get, it is great for us, we don't have any dispute." -- PTI

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