Bangalore: Former CM and MP of JD-S, H.D. Kumaraswamy informed press reporters yesterday (Oct-20) about Gubbi MLA S. Vasu being enticed by a BJP MLA to desert JD-S. The amount could be in the range of several crores of rupees, it was indicated.
BJP Tumkur MLA Suresh, Gowda, Vasu alleged, had contacted him (the conversation recorded on a CD) to leave JD-S and face a by-election as BJP candidate.
Kumarswamy, releasing the CD, stated that he would seek dismissal of BJP govt, after meeting the Governor on Friday.
Gowda reacted by saying that HDK’s CD was a fake one. He said H.D.K was desperate to destabilize Yeddyurappa govt, which was firmly in the saddle. He demanded a further enquiry into this bribing episode.