Council posts: BJP, JD(S) strike an understanding

In a coming collectively of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (Secular), the previous has now determined to help a JD(S) candidate for the publish of the Chairman of the Legislative Council when the seat falls vacant, whereas settling for the Deputy Chairman’s publish for a celebration candidate.

Senior JD(S) member Basavaraj Horatti, who has lobbied onerous for this alliance, would be the JD(S) candidate for the Chairman’s publish, whereas BJP member M.K. Pranesh will file his nomination papers for the Deputy Chairman’s publish on Thursday morning, sources stated.

High command’s phrase

A choice to this impact was taken by the BJP excessive command on Wednesday, after the previous Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda spoke to BJP nationwide president J.P. Nadda over the matter, sources stated.

Apart from help to a number of essential Bills, together with the contentious Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, which the JD(S) had earlier opposed, a number of different points “more than what meets the eye” have been a part of the understanding, stated a senior BJP chief.

Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa held a gathering of BJP MLCs on Wednesday and introduced the candidature of Mr. Pranesh, who’s from Chikkamagaluru and RSS secure, for the publish of the Deputy Chairman. “We have moved a no-confidence motion against Council Chairman K. Prathapchandra Shetty. But that can be taken up only by a Deputy Chairman, a post that has fallen vacant after the death of S.L. Dharme Gowda. Once Mr. Pranesh is elected as Deputy Chairman, we will take up the no- confidence motion as per due process of law and depose Mr. Shetty. The BJP will later support JD(S) candidate for the Chairman’s post,” a senior BJP chief stated.

“I am the senior-most member of the Council and members of the House have expressed their wish to elect me as Chairman,” Mr. Horatti stated.

CM sad?

“Given that the JD(S) has always been thought of as a contingency plan if there is a threat to the government’s stability with leadership change, the Chief Minister is not very happy with the alliance, especially the way it panned out at the high command level, and not through him,” a senior BJP chief stated.

Meanwhile, Mr. Shetty is but to take a closing name on whether or not to resign or face the no-confidence movement on the ground of the House. Sources stated he would possibly go for resigning after polls to Deputy Chairman’s publish. Interim report by a particular legislature committee that probed into the pandemonium within the Council on December 15 is predicted to be tabled within the House.