Siddaramaiah Asks JD(S) MLAs For 'Conscience Vote' In Rajya Sabha Polls
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JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy hit out at Siddaramaiah for writing the letter to his party MLAs.
A day ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls for four seats from Karnataka, Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday wrote an open letter to JD(S) MLAs requesting them to cast their "conscience vote" in favour of his party's second candidate Mansoor Ali Khan, stating that his win will be a victory of "secular ideology" followed by both parties.
JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy hit out at Siddaramaiah for writing the letter to his party MLAs.
"If he had discussed this with our party leaders before filing nominations such complications would not have arisen...he has written about support for minority candidates, then why didn't Congress make Mansoor Ali Khan its first candidate instead of Jairam Ramesh," Mr Kumaraswamy said.
Interestingly, in the letter, Siddaramaiah has repeatedly referred to JD(S), the party from which he was expelled in 2005 and that he repeatedly called 'B-team of BJP' during previous assembly polls, as a "secular party".
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