devegowda upto his tricks again

Devegowda upto his tricks once again
One must admire Mr. Devegowda for his perseverance and manipulative tactics.
His latest move to expel the JDS members including his son turned new Chief Minister; Mr. Kumaraswamy under suspension is an instance in point.
Now that his son his firmly in the saddle, he brandishes the sword of discipline against the prodigals, fully knowing that it hardly harms them. For all intents and purposes, this hardly affects the Kumaraswamy ministry and Mr. Gowda has absolutely no intention to pull the rug under the feet of the new government.
The only rationale which lies behind the move is only an attempt on the part of Mr. Devegowda, whose secular credentials has taken a good beating in the act of political adventurism indulged in by his son, which helped the latter to catapult as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. The latest move of Mr. Gowda has too many gaping holes to carry any convictions. He appears to be protesting too much and this exposes his intentions once again.
It is now almost a common knowledge that every line of the political script which put Kumaraswamy in the driver’s seat had been scripted by Mr. Devegowda. For Mr. Kumaraswamy would not do anything without the express permission of the father. put as the Chief Minister.
The political prospects of the JDS were literally in the dumps, with the drubbing the party had got in the panchayat polls. It was practically the end of the political road for Mr. Gowda, his son and his son since any move on the part of the Congress to go in for snap election, would have sealed the political fate of the party, the aspirations of the father and son. It was now or never situation for the party, the father and the son. And the drama unfolded.
The father put in the appearance of fretting and fuming even his son went ahead with the task and succeeded. Everything was done to steer the move clear of technical and practical hurdles. And Mr. Gowda conveniently forgot to take disciplinary action, which would have helped the party to keep the flock together.
In a huff, as it were, Mr. Gowda also announced the resignation as the party president, which hardly carried any conviction. It now transpires that it was ploy. For he has now decided to relent on his move and continue as the President.
His latest move comes in the wake of the demand in the context of the subtle criticism made within the party at the national level with several leaders coming expressing their dissatisfaction over the manner in which party forsake its secular credentials to befriend the BJP to come to power. Mr. Gowda appears to go by the popular demand at the party level, while fully knowing that this has hardly any impact on the future of the ministry.
Mr. Gowda’s hand is also seen in keeping the senior ministers out of the ministry. Everybody except Mr. Sindhia were too eager to join the ministry. This included Mr. M P Prakash the former Deputy Chief Minister, who chose to go with Kumaraswamy at the time of the confidence vote. All of them have been left high and dry. Now Mr. Gowda has been planning to put Mr. Prakash as the state party chief, which will ensure that Mr. Prakash does not join the ministry in any capacity, so that his son has complete control over the management of the party led government.
(Ends) 08:51 hrs February 20, 2006
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