State Cong. leadership arrogant: S.R. Mahesh

He says failure to talk to JD(S) counterparts impacted Mayoral polls

Refuting the Congress party’s accusation that the JD(S) had entered into a secret pact with BJP in the recent Mayoral polls in Mysuru, former Minister and JD(S) leader S.R. Mahesh has laid the blame at the doorstep of the Congress. He has claimed that the alliance collapsed because of the State Congress leadership’s failure to speak to its JD(S) counterpart. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Mr. Mahesh said BJP had occupied the post of Mayor in Mysuru solely on account of the ‘arrogance’ of the Congress leadership which refused to speak to JD(S) leaders H.D. Deve Gowda or H.D. Kumaraswamy, to continue the alliance. Though Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar tried to speak to him, Mr. Mahesh said he is not in a position to take a decision and he had told Congress leader Tanveer Sait even half-an-hour before the polls about the need for Congress leadership to speak to JD(S) leaders.