The Congress in Karnataka on Monday inducted a businessman, who’s alleged to be one of those that performed a key function in ‘Operation Kamala’. (Image: Shutterstock)
Uday Okay M, often known as ‘Kadalur Uday Gowda, was welcomed into the celebration fold in the presence of state Congress President D Okay Shivakumar
The Congress in Karnataka on Monday inducted a businessman, who’s alleged to be one of those that performed a key function in ‘Operation Kamala’, which led to the collapse of Congress-JD(S) coalition authorities in 2019.
“Operation Kamala” (Operation Lotus), coined by opposition parties, refers to an alleged attempt of the BJP to engineer defection of opposition legislators to install its own government and to ensure its stability.
Uday Okay M, often known as ‘Kadalur Uday Gowda, was welcomed into the party fold in the presence of state Congress President D K Shivakumar.
“Uday is being inducted into the Congress and he has promised to work for strengthening the party in Mandya district. He is joining the party without any conditions. His joining has been approved by all local leaders,” Shivakumar told reporters.
Responding to a question about inducting Uday, despite his alleged role in engineering defections through Operation Kamala, he said: “…he (Uday) might have done things while in the opposite party….A Manju, Srinivas Gowda, Gubbi Vasu, Shivalinge Gowda, Madhu Bangarappa (all MLAs/former MLAs)- they’ve shifted and are available again to Congress. It’s politics, there might be compulsions.”
“Didn’t JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy and I, who had fought each other for long, join hands following the high command’s order (to form a coalition government after the 2018 polls)?” he requested.
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