By Team Mangalorean
Pics: Rajesh Shetty

MANGALORE, November 4, 2009: Former President of KPCC and Rajya Sabha MP Mr. Janardhana Poojary has termed the present political situation in Karnataka as a constitutional crisis and people should take decisive steps like asking the Governor to evoke article 356.

Addressing a press conference here today Mr. Poojary stated that the authority of state has been jeopardized by the BJP government to fulfill the commercial interests of the Reddys of Bellary, the state has withered away in the last 18 months, but only BJP's leadership and Reddys of Bellary have prospered.

He said Mr. Yeddyurappa had it coming as he was the person who allowed operation Kamala to be performed by the Reddy brothers, these three brothers, have wreaked havoc in democracy by using money power to defeat politicians of other parties to meet their own ends. He warned that the state was heading for Anarchy and there will be a time when Reddy brothers will usurp the entire coffers of Karnataka state and make it insolvent, not just financially but also morally and socially. There will be no virtues left in the administration he added.

Mr. Poojary said the people of Karnataka do not know where their elected government has gone, there is nobody to take care of the state a few functionaries of the government have gone to Andhra Pradesh where low standard people like Renukacharya was hiding with some rogue MLAs, few others were having fun in resorts of Goa and few more were in Delhi trying to lobby for their own groups. It was a shame who they are carrying on the affairs of the state.

Mr. Poojary said the Karnataka state government was on the death bed, and there was nobody who can give it treatment. I have no doubt that the government was suffering from a disease as grave as cancer, it is the price Mr.Yeddyurappa pays for trusting Reddy brothers.

Mr. Poojary said "Congress party will not take the blame of destabilizing the state’s administration, however we will not sit quiet, for a beginning the Congress party will organise the first protest meeting in Mangalore on 7 November which will "Expose" BJP and its power and money hunger politicians Mr.Poojary added.