Following poor Karnataka poll results, JD(S) plans to restructure party

JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said there are plans to restructure the party in a big way This is said the in the context of the poor show of the party in the Karnataka Assembly polls reported PTIThe former chief minister said that JDS National President and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has advised that a highlevel committee be constituted with representation from all communities for strengthening the partyKumaraswamy said In a big way we want to give responsibilities this time communitywise as per the directions of our national president and extract work from them in order to build trust among the people and to strengthen the party So there are plans to bring in big changes and restructure the partySpeaking to reporters he said We have started discussions with leaders from all 30 districts We discuss and decide on restructuringAccording to PTI JDS emerged a distant third in the Assembly polls last month by securing just 19 of the total 224 seats Following this party state president C M Ibrahim and youth wing chief Nikhil Kumaraswamy have resigned taking moral responsibility Their resignations are yet to be acceptedJDS chief Deve Gowda has called a meeting of party leaders to discuss the partys performance in the recently held Assembly polls as well as about organising strengthening the party and restructuring of taluk and district units wherever necessary ahead of the upcoming zilla taluk and corporation polls in addition to making preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha pollsStating that the JDS will wait and watch whether the Congress government will fulfil the irrigation projects in the state and its poll guarantees as promised before the elections Kumaraswamy said If they take steps to implement them as promised we will support If not we will fulfill the responsibility as an opposition by creating awareness among the peopleHe also hit out at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for accusing the opposition of trying to incite people by spreading false information regarding the guarantee schemes Siddaramaiah it is you who have misled the people You have now attached conditions for the implementation of guarantees without having made any reference to them ahead of electionsKumaraswmy urged the Siddaramaiah government to walk the talk and fulfill the guarantees as promised to the people before the pollsTheir Congress govt guarantees seem to have become duplicate We will see how many beneficiaries will get the advantage of them in the next few days Lets give some time to the new government we will discuss on the floor of the Assembly he addedWith PTI inputs