Addressing a news conference in Mangalore on Monday, Mr, Hegde said that fed up of Mr. Sadashiva's attitude and modus operandi, more than 50 party members including senior leaders like him have resorted to mass resignation from the party.
“Neither me, nor Nagaraj Shetty or for that matter even Sadananda Shetty made the first move to join JD(S). It was H D Kumaraswamy who invited us to join the party. Mr. Sadashiva has had problems with all three of us besides others. In fact, the day I joined JD(S), he (Mr. Sadashiva) entered into a cold war with me. Although I was officially made in-charge of DK JD(S) by Mr. Kumaraswamy himself, I never made this information public. After joining the party, I realized that the organization that I was working for was M.B.Sadashiva Co. and not JD(S). He has no intention to strengthen the party. He even opposed our fight in favour of the street vendors and fishermen. We were asked not to make statements against Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat. Mr. Sadashiva was always non-cooperative. With him at the helm, it is impossible to strengthen JD(S) in Dakshina Kannada district”, Mr. Hegde said.
Mr. Hegde said that veteran leader Amarnath Shetty was also not in favour of Nagaraj Shetty joining the party. “Both Amarnath Shetty as well as Mr. Sadashiva did not want Nagaraj Shetty to join the party. His induction happened solely because of pressure from H D Kumaraswamy. So is the case with Sadananda Shetty. Unhappy with the recent developments, he has withdrawn from contesting the Assembly elections”, Mr. Hegde revealed.
Mr. Hegde said that although he and other leaders were constantly explaining the situation in the district to Mr. Kumaraswamy, the latter kept advising them to maintain the smooth flow and make peace with Mr. Sadashiva.
“We waited for him to take a decision on his ouster. But now, there is no looking back. We have resigned and this is our final decision. There is no question of going back to the party, even if he (Mr. Sadashiva) is ousted”, Mr. Hegde said.
JD(S) leaders present in the meet took strong objection to Mr. Sadashiva's move to expel D M Aslam and Shashiraj Shetty from the party following a review meeting after the MCC elections. “People like Mr. Aslam, Shashiraj Shetty and Sadananda Shetty have spent money from their pockets for the ULB poll campaigning, unlike Mr. Sadashiva. Instead, he held a review meet after the polls were over and took the decision to expel Mr. Aslam and Shashiraj Shetty”, Mr. Hegde said.
Dr. Ibrahim, who also resigned from the post of General Secretary of the party on the occasion, said that JD(S) bagged only two votes in Mr. Sadashiva's own booth in the recent ULB polls. “He has not voted for the party himself. What kind of a district President is he?” Mr. Ibrahim asked.
Shoukath Ali, Former President, Konaje Gram Panchayat, Uday Kumar, Core Committee member of the party, Ranjth Malli, Core Committee member, P B Basheer, Working Secretary, JD(S) Bantwal constituency, Pradeep Karkera, are among the 60 odd JD(S) members who have resigned from the party. These are “first phase” resignations and more resignations will follow, Mr. Hegde said.
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