Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Oct 25: Veteran JD(S) leader Basavaraj Horatti, noted that the previous coalition government in Karnataka had many Vokkaliga ministers. "A couple of ministers would have vacated their positions if Deve Gowda had instructed them to do so. If I was a Vokkaliga, I would have easily become a minister. But I was sidelined as I am a Lingayat," he lamented.
Horatti, who is deemed to be a sincere politician and close to JD(S) top leadership, expressed his anger against Deve Gowda and Kumaraswamy in no uncertain terms.
"During Belagavi session of the assembly, Deve Gowda called me and asked me to file nomination for the post of the chairman of the legislative council. But by the next morning, I understood that H D Kumaraswamy had rejected my name. I was purposefully denied the opportunity to become chairman of the council because of the advice of someone else," he said.