Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, May 27: Congress rebel legislator, Ramesh Jarkiholi, asserted that there is no question of him tendering resignation alone. He clarified that he has a team of followers and that all the members would leave en masse. However, he refused to say when this will happen. He said that this process might even happen after a year.
Jarkiholi was speaking to media persons after meeting former Karnataka chief minister, S M Krishna, at the latter's residence along with Chikkaballapur MLA, Dr Sudhakar, on Sunday May 26. 'I am not indulging in Operation Lotus as claimed by some people. S M Krishna was instrumental in making me a legislator for the first time in the year 1999. I met him to enquire him about his current state of health. I did not discuss any politics with him," he claimed.
Ramesh Jarkiholi also said he had never discussed politics with BJP leader, B S Yeddyurappa, so far. He said that his group will discuss and take a collective decision about their political future. "There is no compulsion on us to reveal the number of people in this group. I am a Congress MLA currently. I have no information about BJP's plans to form alternative government," he added.