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HDK meets C M Ibrahim, invites him to rejoin JDS

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December 8, 2020

Bengaluru, Dec 8: Former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumarswamy on Monday met sulking Congress leader C.M. Ibrahim and invited him to re-join the Janata Dal-Secular.

Talking to reporters after meeting Ibrahim at the latter’s house in Frazer Town here, Kumarswamy said that he had not only came to meet Ibrahim but also to invite him to his party.

“For Ibrahim, JD-S is like his old home. He is most welcome to join us back. He will be welcomed with open arms. Our relations never reached to flashpoint irrespective of his decisions in the past,” he said.

According to him, Ibrahim had been handed a raw deal by the Congress.

On his part, Ibrahim only said that he would travel across the state to consult his supporters across the state after December 15 prior to taking any decision. “I will soon meet JD-S supremo Deve Gowda soon in this regard,” he said but did not reveal his actual plans.

He claimed that he who asked Karnataka Leader of the Opposition, Siddaramaiah to contest in Badami, which gave him the second lease of political life.

“I am not complaining. It happens sometime people tend to change sooner than one expects them to. But I do not want to make it an issue now,” he said while amply exhibiting he was upset with Congress in general and Siddaramaiah in particular for sidelining him.

Ibrahim had been a close follower of former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda and served as Civil Aviation Minister in his cabinet. But, Gowda sacked him from JD-S, along with Siddaramaiah, in 2005 for organising AHINDA rallies in the state.

After 2005, Ibrahim became an integral part of Siddarmaiah’s coterie until he became Karnataka Chief Minister in 2013. Their relations started souring thereafter.

AHINDA (a Kannada acronym for Alpasankhyataru or minorities, Hindulidavaru or backward classes, and Dalitaru or Dalits) is a political term coined by Karnataka’s first backward leader Devraj Urs, and same was used by Siddaramaiah between 2004-05 which largely helped him to become part of Congress and later become CM also.

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January 23,2026

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot read only three lines from the 122-paragraph address prepared by the Congress-led state government while addressing the joint session of the Legislature on Thursday, effectively bypassing large sections critical of the BJP-led Union government.

The omitted portions of the customary Governor’s address outlined what the state government described as a “suppressive situation in economic and policy matters” under India’s federal framework. The speech also sharply criticised the Centre’s move to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, commonly referred to as the VB-GRAM (G) Act.

Governor Gehlot had earlier conveyed his objection to several paragraphs that were explicitly critical of the Union government. On Thursday, he confined himself to the opening lines — “I extend a warm welcome to all of you to the joint session of the State legislature. I am extremely pleased to address this august House” — before jumping directly to the concluding sentence of the final paragraph.

He ended the address by reading the last line of paragraph 122: “Overall, my government is firmly committed to doubling the pace of the State’s economic, social and physical development. Jai Hind — Jai Karnataka.”

According to the prepared speech, the Karnataka government demanded the scrapping of the VB-GRAM (G) Act, describing it as “contractor-centric” and detrimental to rural livelihoods, and called for the full restoration of MGNREGA. The state government argued that the new law undermines decentralisation, weakens labour protections, and centralises decision-making in violation of constitutional norms.

Key points from the unread sections of the speech:

•    Karnataka facing a “suppressive” economic and policy environment within the federal system

•    Repeal of MGNREGA described as a blow to rural livelihoods

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of protecting corporate and contractor interests

•    New law alleged to weaken decentralised governance

•    Decision-making said to be imposed by the Centre without consulting states

•    Rights of Adivasis, women, backward classes and agrarian communities curtailed

•    Labourers allegedly placed under contractor control

•    States facing mounting fiscal stress due to central policies

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of enabling large-scale corruption

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