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`AIJD leaders creating confusion on merger'

By Our Staff Correspondent

MADIKERI MAY 30. The President of the State unit of the Yuva Janata Dal (S), Gururaj Hunsemarad, alleged that the leaders of the All-India Janata Dal (AIJD) were creating confusion with regard to the merger of the different factions of the Janata Dal.

Speaking to presspersons here today, Mr. Hunsemarad said the JD (S), led by the former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, was not against the merger. But the process was being vitiated by several leaders of the AIJD, who issued contradictory statements from time to time.

He clarified that Mr. Gowda had only likened P.G.R. Sindhia to himself, saying that the latter was a tireless worker like him. However, a section of the media had misinterpreted it the next day.

He said the people of the State were frustrated with the Congress and the BJP for various reasons. Taking the Congress Government in the State to task, Mr. Hunsemarad said it had failed on all fronts and lost the faith of the people.

The Government had failed to mobilise resources and the increased burden of debt had irked the people of the State, he said.

He said the BJP and its cadres were rousing communal passion at every given opportunity, which led to unrest in society. Senior leaders were quitting the party, he said, making a reference to Vijaya Sankeshwar and Rajashekar Murthy.

The Yuva Janata Dal (S) units in the entire State would be strengthened, Mr. Hunsemarad said. A series of programmes would be organised in Kodagu under the leadership of A.K. Subbaiah, D.S. Madappa, and J.A. Karumbaiah to oppose the "bad governance" of the Congress Government. A youth convention of the Janata Dal (S) would be held here in August, he added.

The Kodagu Yuva Janata Dal (S) leader, Kottamudi Hamid, and the office-bearers of the State unit, Hebbur Srinivas, Suresh Gowda, M. Ashok, and Basavaraj were present.

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