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“We volition find retired those legislators who cross-voted successful the Council polls and punish them. I volition instrumentality specified strict measures that they volition not beryllium capable to combat immoderate predetermination successful the future,” Leader of Opposition successful the Legislative Assembly and BJP person R. Ashok said successful Belagavi connected Sunday.
He said that the enactment has taken the contented of cross-voting successful the Council polls precise seriously. “State enactment president B.Y. Vijayendra called maine and we discussed the contented successful detail. We are gathering successful Bengaluru connected Monday. I volition besides sermon with enactment seniors. We person suffered betrayal successful the Council polls. We bash not cognize which of our enactment legislators cross-voted for the Congress. We person sought clip to sermon this contented with our precocious command. We volition sermon the contented of cross-voting astatine the enactment forum and admonish the guilty. I volition marque definite that those who cross-voted volition ne'er beryllium capable to combat elections successful their lifetime,” Mr. Ashok said.
“It is precise wide that the Congress is progressive successful equine trading. It is not bully for a ruling enactment to bash that. When immoderate Congress MLAs went to Mumbai successful 2019, it is the aforesaid Congress leaders who called it equine trading. When Congress MLAs joined our party, they called it Operation Lotus. What person you done now? Are you not ashamed? This volition beryllium a turning constituent for the Congress successful Karnataka. Its descent has begun,” helium said.
He took objection to immoderate media houses describing Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s governmental manoeuvres arsenic Chanakya’s strategy.
“Did Chanakya indulge successful equine trading? Did helium acquisition legislators? It is incorrect to equate Mr. Shivakumar with Chanakya who was a statesman and advisor to kings,” Mr. Ashok said.
