Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS) 

Bengaluru, Jun 20: Former Prime Minister and chief of JD(S),H D Deve Gowda said that he was not interested in forming the coalition government and it is done only due to the pressure from the Congress party.

He gave this statement in the city on Thursday, June 20. 

Deve Gowda was speaking after a section of media said that coordination committee chairman Siddaramaiah has proposed with the Congress high command to break the alliance with JD (S). 

It is learnt that Siddaramaiah has given a negative impression about the alliance with JD(S) to the party high command on Wednesday and said that this tie up is harming the Congress party. He has reportedly asked the party top leadership to withdraw the support to the coalition government led by chief minister H D Kumaraswamy. 

In his statement, Deve Gowda said, "I will not comment anything on the media reports. But I would like to clear that the image of the coalition will not be harmed by JD(S) leaders. We will not give any such statements that will affect the coalition and we are trying to make sure that there is no issue in running the government. I will concentrate on strengthening my party," 

Deve Gowda also said that he did not discuss the political scenario in the state with Rahul Gandhi, when the former met him in Delhi a few days ago. But Deve Gowda confirmed that he has suggested Rahul Gandhi to ask the state leaders of Congress to refrain from giving any statements in public about the coalition government, which may give a bad image of the coalition.