Daijiworld Media Network - Mysuru (MS)

Mysuru, Aug 4: A H Vishwanath, the rebel JD (S) MLA, who is disqualified now accused the leaders of both Congress and JD (S) responsible for the downfall of the coalition government. He denied the accusations that BJP and the rebel MLAs were responsible for the collapse of the coalition. In addition, Vishwanath also said that he is going to quit politics.

Speaking to the reporters Vishwanath said that humiliation and negligence forced him to give up the position of state president of JD (S). He also clarified that there was no Operation Lotus from the BJP as all the other MLAs also revolted due to the continuous negligence by the party leaders.

Responding to the allegation of former minister Sa Ra Mahesh that Vishwanath is sold for Rs 28 crores, Vishwanath said, "Siddaramaiah was responsible for my quitting of the Congress party. However, he continued to torture me after I joined JD (S) also. The party leaders prevented me from going to any place or function where Siddaramaiah was present."

Vishwanath further alleged that Siddaramaiah is very hungry for power. Comparing Rahul Gandhi and Siddaramaiah, Vishwanath said that Siddaramaiah did not even bother to analyse the reasons for the debacle of the Congress party in Karnataka in the Lok Sabha elections, whereas AICC president Rahul Gandhi resigned from his post.

The disqualified MLA further said that former CM H D Kumaraswamy has his own persona. But Vishwanath held former PM and chief of JD (S) H D Devegowda in high esteem.