Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and JD(S) State President H.D. Kumaraswamy has breathed fire against Congress and the rebel  JD(S) MLAs.

“If I sit next to BJP and cough, Congress will be decimated. They have been making unnecessary allegations that we have joined hands with BJP. We do not want to have truck with both the parties. Rahul Gandhi undertakes a tour in Magadi and says that they build the JD(S) party. He was sitting and playing cards somewhere. Now he believes that he is going to revive the Congress party and destroy JD(S). I know what sort of a person he is,” said Kumaraswamy.

“We are Deve Gowda’s children. We are not pretenders hiding our true feelings inside. We are open and what we are is what everyone sees. We have never played politics fearing someone. We have not pawned our self respect to do politics. Do not provoke me. Lord Ranganatha is going to bless us. No one can stop our Government from coming to power,” he said.