‘The real Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) is with him…’, claims former Union Minister CM Ibrahim

Bengaluru: ‘The real Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) is with them…’, claims former Union Minister CM Ibrahim. With Ibrahim claiming that the “real” Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) is with him and that he is its state unit president, the party’s core committee and state council are likely to take action against him on Thursday.

The party’s 20-member core committee, 60-member council, 19 MLAs, former MLAs and former MPs will meet under the leadership of party national president HD Deve Gowda, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and core committee chairman GT Deve Gowda. ,

Since Ibrahim had resigned from the post of state unit president on May 14, taking moral responsibility for the JDS’s defeat in the May 10 assembly elections, the party leadership is now likely to accept it, according to JDS sources.

Some leaders want the party leadership to take strict action against Ibrahim for his “anti-party” activity and criticism of his decision to tie up with the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The question revolving around is whether Gowda and Kumaraswamy will expel or suspend Ibrahim from the party?

Ibrahim, who had opposed the JDS leadership’s move to forge an alliance with the BJP, had even said that the party was unlikely to retain its symbol as its units in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra were against the alliance. Sources said that the party leadership is obviously angry with this.

During a meeting on October 16, Ibrahim attacked the Gowda family, saying JDS was not a “family property”. He said that the “real” JDS is with them and it will support the I.N.D.I.A block. All these developments have obviously irked the JDS leadership.