Cong seeks fresh polls

Congress today hit out at BJP for its decision to replace the Karnataka chief minister, saying there is "governance paralysis" in the state which can be resolved only through fresh polls and not by change of guard.

“A new chief minister is no solution for Karnataka. The only solution for the state is to dissolve the assembly and go for fresh elections, as there is a continuous governance paralysis in the BJP-ruled state," said AICC general secretary B K Hariprasad.

The senior Congress leader, who hails from Karnataka, said nothing has moved in the state since the Gowda government took over.

He said 129 talukas are suffering from severe drought and the state government has not taken any action to ameliorate the lot of the common people. Prasad said the government has also failed on the law and order front as many crimes take place in the state capital Bangalore.

The AICC leader said Gowda did not work during his 11-month tenure as chief minister and is now trying to show he is working by clearing a large number of pending files at a time when he has to go.