JDS leader draws analogy between BJP leader and 'street dogs'
Taking a dig at BJP leaders, who were "expecting" the Congress-JDS coalition government to fall, JDS leader DC Thamanna has drawn an analogy between them and the 'street dogs' while refuting BJP lawmaker Umesh Katti's claim that the dispensation would collapse soon. Katti had recently claimed that the saffron party would form the new government in Karnataka by next week. Read here.
Thammana refers to a story about street dogs, an elephant
Katti had also claimed that 15 disgruntled MLAs of the ruling coalition were in touch with him. Hitting out at Katti, Thammana said J H Patel (a former chief minister) had once narrated a story in the state assembly about an elephant and street dogs.
'Neither did food fall, nor dogs got something to eat'
Thammana recalled Patel saying an elephant was walking ahead of street dogs who were hoping something would fall from atop the tusker so that they could eat it. "Neither did the food fall, nor the dogs got something to eat. This story fits perfectly with BJP leaders, who are expecting this government to fall," the Karnataka Minister told reporters yesterday at Maddur near Mysuru.
Katti predicting government's fall for quite some time: Thamanna
Thamanna said Katti has been predicting the government's fall "today or tomorrow" for quite some time but it hasn't materialized. Soon after Katti's claim, state BJP-chief and Leader of the Opposition BS Yeddyurappa had ruled out any attempt by his party to destabilize the present dispensation, and said his party would take an "appropriate decision" if there was political instability in the state.
