Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda spoke about the fall of Congress-JD(S) alliance and defended his decision to align with the BJP in Rajya Sabha.
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00:00Do you want to become the Prime Minister of this country?
00:03Will Congress tolerate?
00:05When my son was removed by the Congress,
00:09that is the day I have told my son,
00:13go with BJP.
00:30Mr. Karge has referred my name.
00:42Dev Gowda has, at the fag end of his life, he has changed.
00:47In Congress itself, they want to put up a second candidate to defeat me.
00:53At that time, Karge has said,
00:57if Gowda is going to be defeated, I will withdraw.
01:02That is why I am grateful to him.
01:05Mr. Karge, I really tell you,
01:10do you want to become the Prime Minister of this country?
01:16Will Congress tolerate?
01:19Please tell me, I know what Congress.
01:23I am not going to do anything beyond this.
01:27I can't say.
01:29You are a person who are clean,
01:32who worked for nearly 30-40 years.
01:38But what has happened?
01:40When somebody has referred your name
01:43to become the Prime Minister
01:45or to become the leader of the IIA
01:49that has been countered by their own friends.
01:53I have not come here.
01:55Karge is a man whom I like him.
01:58I want he should become the Chief Minister.
02:03When my son, the Congress high command took the decision,
02:08Mr. Kumar Swamy should be the Chief Minister.
02:12When Congress high command,
02:15I don't want to take the names of any top leaders.
02:19At that time, I told,
02:21I don't want my son to become the Chief Minister.
02:25Let Karge become the Chief Minister.
02:28He is here, let him tell.
02:31But high command has still told.
02:34Kumar Swamy should become the Chief Minister.
02:37Kumar Swamy made the Chief Minister within 13 months.
02:42Who removed? Not Karge.
02:45Who removed? Kumar Swamy.
02:49Not Karge. It is only the Congress leaders.
02:53Please understand.
02:56Karge is one of the honest men.
02:59To come to the highest place,
03:02will people tolerate? Will not.
03:06I have not changed this party
03:09from party to party in my life.
03:12I don't tell you.
03:14I live with all sincerity and honesty.
03:19I have not changed the party for any personal gain.
03:23Nothing doing.
03:24I want to save my party.
03:26When my party, some of the congressmen,
03:30wants to destroy the party,
03:33I don't want to name them.
03:35They are not here in this house.
03:37I know the limitation.
03:39The Congress leaders want to destroy my party.
03:43I have taken the decision
03:46to extend my support to BJP.
03:49I have not come for any personal benefit with BJP.
03:53I told the love and affection shown
03:56by the present Prime Minister
03:59when I went to his chambers
04:02in the very same building.
04:05The love and affection he has shown,
04:07that is the only thing which I have got the benefit
04:10from this present Prime Minister.
04:12There is nothing.
04:14My son was removed by the Congress.
04:17That is the day I have told my son,
04:20go with BJP.
04:22That is the day I told,
04:24this Congress cannot allow you to grow.
04:27I told, go for me.
04:29You go with BJP.
04:31That's all what I said.
04:33Nothing more to say.