Complicity becoming clearer

Complicity of Mr. Devegowda is becoming clear
The complicity of Mr. Devegowda in scripting the developments that led to his son occupying the coveted office of the Chief Minister is becoming more and more pronounced.
Mr. Devegowda it may be noted here has been dithering on the issue of taking disciplinary action against his son and his cohorts for violating the party principle of keeping the distance with the BJP away. But this has not prevented him from taking a public posture that he had been hurt by the “rebellion” of his son. This however does not wash well, with the antics of Mr. Devegowda becoming clearer and clearer in the national arena as well as the political circles within Karnataka.
Any president of any party, would have kept quiet and held off the disciplinary action like Mr. Devegowda has done as for as Kumaraswamy’s actions are concerned. One action from his part, of suspending Mr. Kumaraswamy or expelling him from the party, would have put spokes in the plans of the JDS/BJP government being formed in Karnataka. Technically all the JDS members who have aligned with Mr. Kumaraswamy are under Mr. Devegowda even today and are amenable to the discipline. Even as late an hour as this, Mr. Devegowda if he minds can strike back at the rebel son, by issuing a whip to the party legislators to vote against the confidence vote sought as and when by Mr. Devegowda. In all probability it would not be issued. And if issued, sufficient care would be taken to ensure that the guilty members get off the hook under one or the other pretext.
The former Chief Minister, Mr. Dharam Singh is right when he said on the last day of his office that the show put up by the Congress in the just concluded Taluk and Zilla panchayat elections had become a curse to the continuation of his government. The panchayat elections, had called the bluff of Devegowda’s party. His party had performed miserably and had paid a heavy price for the action it had taken against Mr. Siddaramaiah. It had put the Congress on top and had given a handle for the Devegowda baiters within the Congress to needle Devegowda further.
For Mr. Gowda could ill afford to go to assembly polls in the light of the miserably performanance. He would have lost badly. And this would have put paid to his desire of anointing his son as the Chief Minister. It was against this background that a political diabolical plan was worked out to destabilize the Congress led Ministry and forms another ministry with the support of the BJP. The BJP was too willing to play the ball, since that would mean the BJP opening its political account in the south, as it had done now. There is also no question of the BJP pulling down the new ministry, since the BJP wants a longer reins of power and would not do anything to upset the applecart. This would be at least for the 20 months period the first of the two phase of sharing of power arrangement worked out with the BJP.
The drama was carefully scripted giving the impression that it was done without the knowledge of and against the wishes of Mr. Devegowda. But as it is, it is often said that even the clever criminals for the care they have taken do leave some of the clues. And in this political drama, Mr. Devegowda had left clear clues which eloquently bear testimony to the plans of Mr. Devegowda to make his son a Chief Minister. This was now or never opportunity for Mr. Devegowda to realize the dream. And Gowda took the calculated gamble and succeeded. He should never better stop his protestations of innocence and come and publicly acknowledge the political fete achieved. But knowing the nature of Mr. Devegowda, he would not do it.
(ends) 19:05 hrs. February 6, 2006 =================000000000000000=========
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