Congress insisted on Kumaraswamy as CM, says Deve Gowda

May 28, 2018 17:07

JD-S supremo H D Deve Gowda said on Monday he had offered to support a Congress-led government in Karnataka after the fractured verdict in the assembly polls but the latter insisted on H D Kumaraswamy becoming the chief minister.

Gowda said during his hour-long discussion with senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok Gehlot, he was told that the decision to back his son Kumaraswamy for the post of the chief minister was taken by the Congress high-command.

"There was discussion between me, Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok Gehlot. I told them, you form (the government), I have no problem. They insisted that Kumaraswamy become the chief minister and that it was their high-command'sdecision," the former prime minister told a press conference.

Amid reports of continued differences in the newly-formed JD-S-Congress coalition over portfolio allocation and farm loan waiver, which has delayed the expansion of the Kumaraswamy ministry, Gowda indicated it would be difficult to keep the promise of relief to farmers.

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