Bengauru, Jun 1: If sources are to be believed, Congress top brass have given green signal for JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy to rule Karnataka as chief minister for full five year term. They two parties also likely to reach a pre-poll agreement ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
The Congress and JD(S) are likely to announce a power-sharing deal for their coalition government in Karnataka later today. Among key portfolios, finance will go to JD(S) while the home department will be run by Congress.
JD(S) secretary general Danish Ali said, “The announcement will be a written agreement resolving all issues to run a stable coalition for five years. That is why it has taken so long. We wanted everything to be on paper so that the government could run smoothly for its full term under the chief ministership of H D Kumaraswamy.”
On Thursday, Congress general secretary K C Venugopal and JD(S)'s Ali flew to Bengaluru for final talks with local leaders after five rounds of negotiations in the national capital. On Wednesday night, Congress president Rahul Gandhi joined the negotiators through a conference call to settle matters.
Venugopal also held discussions with Kumaraswamy. The CM, before going to the meeting, said details of portfolio allocation may be announced on Friday. The CM also rubbished reports about discontent between JD(S) and Congress over portfolio allocation.
The power-sharing announcement will clearly spell out that the two parties will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls together and that a coordination committee will be set up which will meet regularly to ensure effective management of the partnership. It will also state that a common minimum programme will be drawn up, largely by distilling the manifestos of the two parties which contested elections separately.
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