Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Jun 10: Gokak MLA, Ramesh Jarkiholi, who had threatened to rock the state government by putting together a group of his loyal legislators, has been left alone in his fight. The Congress and JD(S) leaders have convinced disgruntled leaders who were identified with Jarkiholi not to stage a revolt. The Congress leaders, sensing that Ramesh is not amenable to any kind of appeasement tactics, have ignored him and therefore concentrated on his followers. As such, his followers have fallen out with him, and Ramesh appears to be alone and helpless now.

The BJP too is not much interested as Jarkiholi has lost his supporters and the party is not in a position to form alternative government at this moment. Athani MLA, Mahesh Kumthalli, continues to be with Jarkiholi. But it is said he is not interested in leaving the party.

Jarkiholi had said sometime back that he has a group of followers and that the entire group will resign en masse, adding that he would not be resigning alone. Some of his followers were lured by offering posts in corporations and boards by the Congress leadership. Ramesh, who was dropped from the ministry, has not accepted the offer of ministerial position made by Kumaraswamy. Now he seems to have lost his steam.