Congress on Wednesday invited former deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah, a bete noire of JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda, to join the party and declared it will fight the new BJP and Kumaraswamy-led JDS faction coalition "even in the streets". |
Siddaramaiah, who had revolted against Gowda, accusing him of promoting his sons to control the affairs of JDS, is now heading the state unit of All India Progressive Janata Dal. |
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Congress' moves to seek alliance with him in some zilla panchayat bodies was cited as a major factor for the relations between Congress and JDS reaching a breaking point. |
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Accusing BJP and Kumaraswamy of forming an "unholy alliance", Prasad said Congress will observe February 3 as a "black day". "We will fight them even in the streets". |
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He admitted that a section of the Congress was as much responsible as a faction of JDS for the collapse of the coalition government. Prasad said Congress had become a "victim of a conspiracy hatched out of lust for power". |
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