Daijiworld Media Network - Tumakuru (SP)

Tumakuru, Jul 24: It is said that chief minister (CM), Siddaramaiah, has drawn up a master plan to demolish fortresses of JD(S) by using the party's dissident leaders as weapon.

Dissident JD(S) MLA, Zameer Ahmed Khan, visited the CM at the latter's residence on Sunday morning and held discussions for over two hours. He then went to the residence of Congress leader from Tumakuru, H Ningappa, where he talked for long with local Congress leaders.

Speaking to media persons later, Zameer said that his next goal is to uproot JD(S) from the district and bring Congress back to power in the next election. "Congress leaders as well as top brass meet their promises. They are unlike leaders of JD(S) who dance to the tunes of people coming with suitcases full of cash. There is no doubt that all the seven JD(S) legislators who have deserted the party will join Congress. Discussions on this aspects were held with Rahul Gandhi directly long back. We also held discussions with Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, Dr G Parameshwara. I will certainly be the Congress candidate from Chamarajpet constituency here in the 2018 assembly election," he announced.

Zameer Ahmed said that Deve Gowda did not follow the practice of extending warm welcome to people bringing suitcases. "Before 2006, there was no suitcase culture in JD (S). I think that god made Prajwal Revanna to speak truth on this issue. I would like to know who accepted suitcases for making Vijay Mallya, Ramaswamy, Rajeev Chandrashekhar, and Kupendra Reddy Rajya Sabha members. If Central Bureau of Investigation holds probe into this aspect, everything will come out," he asserted.