Deve Gowda: No danger to HDK Govt

Amid strains in the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition Government in Karnataka, former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda on Wednesday

said his son and Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy will present the Budget on July 5 and

there would be no danger to his Government.

“Kumaraswamy will present the budget on July 5. Thereis no anxiety, he will do it. The budget will get passed by July 12,” Gowda said. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, he said “there will be no danger to the Government. There is anxiety among you (the media)...Now go back with satisfaction.”  

About former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s opposition to budget presentation, Gowda said, “Let there be no discussion on this (topic), the budget will be presented, the matter ends.” Gowda is in Delhi to attend the meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, of which he is a member.

However, his visit to the national Capital has fuelledspeculation that he may be meeting senior Congress leaders. Gowda on his part clarified that no such meeting has been scheduled with any Congress leaders.