Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Jul 24: "I admit that I committed some mistakes in the past by going against the wishes of my father. Still, I am leaving with the satisfaction of having done some good work. Even now I get hurt when I am termed as breaker of promises. BJP will suffer the consequences of the plan now hatched by it. Yeddyurappa may be able to form the government. But as soon as the ministry is formed, there will be turmoil in that party. I have no qualms about stepping down from the position of power," stated outgoing chief minister, H D Kumaraswamy.

Speaking at the end of the debate on trust vote on Tuesday evening, he apologized to the assembly speaker and people of the state for the delay in completing the process of trust vote. At the same time, he bitterly criticized three legislators from his party for deserting the party and announced that they will never be re-admitted into the JD(S) again.

Kumaraswamy said that he had set aside Rs 23,500 crore towards waiver of farmers’ loans. "When Kodagu district was flooded, I worked sincerely to provide relief and rehabilitation, without neglecting the district for not voting for us. After a child attending school was washed away in the presence of its mother in the constituency represented by Araga Jnanendra, we spent Rs 187 crore and built 1,508 foot bridges in the state to avert such incidents," he stated.

Referring to repeated references to him by the BJP in social website about him having broken the promise, he asked the saffron party to introspect on what had happened. "During the period we agreed on 20:20 sharing of power, BJP national leaders, Rajnath Singh and Yashwant Sinha came here and held discussions. I had requested them to sign certain conditions before handing over power but they did not agree. They should keep this in mind and also tell their workers about it," he said.

Kumaraswamy was particularly angry at former state president of his party, H Vishwanath, who commented that the coalition government was indulging in demonic politics. He said he is hurt by these words, and claimed that he had realized after Vishwanath joined his party that he does something outwardly but actually is something else inside. How can such people be called as parliamentarians, he wondered.

Kumaraswamy wanted the finance bill that was pending, to be taken up for discussions subject to changes if any. When the speaker sought opinion of the opposition leader on this proposal, Yeddurappa opposed it. Thereafter the trust vote was taken up.