Bengaluru: Apprehension of Operation Lotus - Congress ready with action plan


Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Dec 4: Rumours about BJP leaders trying to conjure up Operation Lotus again in a bid to snatch power from the coalition partners are running thick and thin. An audio of the purported conversation between the personal assistant of MLA B Sriramulu with a Dubai-based entrepreneur on November 27 on the issue, is in circulation now. 

The audio claims that ten to 12 MLAs are prepared to cross over to BJP, and that all of them have been promised cash amounting to Rs 20 to 25 crore and ministerial berths. To a question from one of the parties to the conversation about the identities of the MLAs, the other can be heard giving the names of Ramesh Jarkiholi, B C Patil, Nagendra, Bheema Naik, Anand Singh and some others. He also adds that these legislators are not prepared to speak on phone.

To protect themselves from such an eventuality, the coalition partners have drawn up an action plan to escape from Operation Lotus and in case of cabinet expansion, to keep the disgruntled flock together by cajoling them. It is said that a plan is also ready to appease Congress legislators, who feel that none of the projects they had envisaged in their respective constituencies are being executed by the coalition government.

The strategy was worked out after Siddaramaiah spoke to H D Deve Gowda. It is said that chief minister, H D Kumaraswamy, will personally reveal about the plan at the legislative party meeting of the Congress being held on December 8. Sources said that Kumaraswamy would be instructing ministers and MLAs from JD(S) to confine themselves to the principles and policies newly drafted in this regard.

It i said that the plan also includes passing on directions to ministers who are considered aggressive, like H D Revanna, who reportedly do not give any weight to recommendations by Congress MLAs.

It is said that providing equal opportunities to both the parties in nominations in both legislative constituency level and district level including Agricultural Produce Market Committees is one of the points agreed. The plan also includes formation of coordination committees comprising KPCC president and JD(S) state president to avoid friction between activists of the two parties, and extending this principle to districts too.

The parties appear to have reached consensus on the need to fill vacant posts in corporations and boards even if the cabinet expansion is delayed.

Kumaraswamy exuded confidence that coalition government is solid and conspiracies by BJP are destined to doom.

Meanwhile, Sriramulu said he is not involved with Operation Kamala and that his personal assistant does not know how to speak in Hindi. He branded the rumours as the handiwork of people out to tarnish his image.

It is said that the strategy now worked includes principles like releasing more grants to constituencies represented by Congress legislators, giving prominence to recommendation by MLAs for transfer of officials like police inspectors and tahasildars, avoiding friction on the issue of transfer between the parties in PWD, revenue, urban development and police departments, deciding transfers through coordination with the involvement of chief minister and deputy chief minister, asking JD(S) ministers to give importance to recommendations made by Congress MLAs, and taking care to see that former MLAs and leaders of Congress do not get insulted in constituencies represented by J D(S) legislators.

  

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  • SMR, Karkala

    Tue, Dec 04 2018

    The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh political wing BJP don't believe in the democracy of India. Once the party president who wrote the book 'Democracy at risk' on EVM is now full confidence of its integrity.
    In Arunachal Pradesh, BJP is ruling without winning the elections. In Tripura, it came ruling defecting entire Congress leaders. In Goa party is afraid to call for 'No confidence motion' is shopping Congress MLA's.
    One of the biggest reason for the corruption in India is 'Democracy'. Unless there is no immediate amendment to "Peoples Representative Act" banning an elected legislator and his immediate blood relation contesting or crossing over before the entire tenure 'operation Kamala' will go unabated.
    Regardless of the party if any elected legislator crossing over before the entire tenure is against the voter's verdict.
    1. Why the Election Commision of India is not amending the act and save the democracy?
    2. Why can't the party deregister for practicing corruption which threatened the democracy of India?
    3. Why the ECI is not putting a permanent ban on this practice of shopping legislators?
    I request the Association of Democratic Rights or like-minded citizen of India to appeal in Supreme Court filing PIL and save the democracy of India.

    Jai Hind

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Tue, Dec 04 2018

    Nowadays the political parties are aware with counter action for any casualties of operation in draining their members to other party.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Dec 04 2018

    Congress doesn't want to touch "Haram Ki Kamai" ...

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  • Nash, Mangalore

    Tue, Dec 04 2018

    CONgress is the epitome of haram ki kamai

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Tue, Dec 04 2018

    Always DOMBARATA in Namma K'Nataka

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  • Dinesh, Dubai

    Tue, Dec 04 2018

    Dombarata will be there till Yeddi goes into Tomb and Chor Chowkidar goes exile.... All this is because BJP is soot boot ki sarkar lead by Chor Chowkidar and has ill gotten money.......Every one knows what (corruption) BJP did in 4-5 years congress could not do in 70 years

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Tue, Dec 04 2018

    operation of kamala is a must becoz it rots & falls w/i 3-4 days. c in central in corruption it rots. chi, chi, shame shame chaiwala.

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