The former Janata Dal (Secular) State president C.M. Ibrahim was on Friday suspended from the party for alleged anti-party activities.
In an order issued on Saturday, party supremo H.D. Deve Gowda cited the “contradictory statements” issued by Mr. Ibrahim regarding the party’s alliance with the BJP in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, “despite being part of the earlier discussions related to it”.
The JD(S) had in October dissolved the party’s State executive committee and Mr. Gowda had appointed his son and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy as the party’s ad hoc president in place of Mr. Ibrahim. Mr. Ibrahim had been vociferously opposing the party’s decision on the alliance and declared that the JD(S) would not join the BJP-led NDA. He had claimed that his party was the “original” JD(S) and hinted at splitting the party.
