Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Ex-PM Deve Gowda turns blue after KPCC Chief Parameshwara's poison barb at him



B D Narayankar reports

       Bangalore, Apr 2 (PTI) Stoking a controversy with a
no-holds barred personal attack on former prime minister H D
Deve Gowda, KPCC President G Parameshwara today taunted the
JDS chief over his alleged remark in the past that he would
consume poison if his party did not win Assembly elections.
        "Just nine months back, the senior Gowda had said we (JDS)
will come to power in Karnataka on our own. He had said that
if we don't come to power on our own, I will consume poison
and die. I am also waiting that he will take it today or
tomorrow. He is not taking it," Parameshwara said.
        Mocking at Gowda at a roadshow here to drum up support for
his party Lok Sabha candidates, Parameshwara, known as a sober
leader, also said, "he is now saying this is his last
election (from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency). He is saying
this in Hassan, crying."
        Speaking more derisively about Gowda, he said the JDS
chief had also said that he would like to be reborn as a
Muslim in his bid to woo the voters from that community.
        "Who wants the next birth. We do not know whether there is
rebirth or not. Let him convert in this birth only...We will
create a platform for it tomorrow itself..." he said.
        Furious at Parameshwara's remarks, Gowda said, "I will
consume poison? What nonsense it is. He has been given Hassan
charge, what non-sense. It does not befit the President of
Indian National Congress of the state.....I have all the
cuttings of the press statements... Who has said that."
        Gowda also hit back at Parameshwara for his Muslim jibe,
trashing it as "nonsense."
        He said former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa had said he
was born in a Muslim community. "I only had said then that if
it happens, let it happen."
        "Aren't they ashamed...rubbish...if Sonia Gandhi has kept
him (Parameshwara) for this job, so be it."
        Gowda's son and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy
slammed Parameshwara's remarks, saying it showed his
"perverted mindset and he wished ill for Gowda"
        "I do not know when Gowda had said he would take poison.
His (Parameshwara's remarks) only show the culture of his
party," Kumaraswamy said.

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