Congress undecided on attending session: KPCC

BANGALORE: Congress has not yet decided to participate in the 10-day legislature session convened from June 2, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dr G Parameshwara said on Wednesday.Addressing a press conference, he said that a meeting of the party's legislative party will be convened before taking any decision in this regard.Referring to CLP leader Siddaramaiah, who has already announced that the party will take part in the session, the KPCC president said, "I have sought clarification from Siddaramaiah and learnt that his statement was misquoted by the media."Replying to questions, Dr Parameshwara said, "In the CLP meeting, all issues, including the Governor's recommendation to dismiss the state government and its subsequent rejection by the Centre, will be discussed in detail."He also denied that party MLAs want to resign en masse. "It was one of the several suggestions made at an informal meeting and not final one," he clarified.Referring to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's decision to send an advisory to the State Government, the KPCC president said, "We don't know the exact content of the advisory note sent by the Union Home Ministry and let us see how State Government would react to it."'Advisory precursor to Article 356'KPCC VicePresident B L Shankar, who was also present on the occasion, condemned Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's outburst against the Union Home Ministry for sending any advisory under the Article 355 of the Constitution.Maintaining that the said advisory is being sent to the government which is soaked in rampant corruption, nepotism and has failed to deliver good governance, he said the State Government cannot ignore such advisory. "It is nothing but a precursor to Article 356 of the Constitution," he observed.Strongly Governor's special report, Shankar said that the Supreme Court which had delivered its verdict in the 16 MLAs disqualification case had left several issues without answering including the validity of the seven month BJP government since October 13,2010, which was allowed to continue despite winning the floor test by "manufactured majority" and allowed to function despite having no majority.The apex court had also failed to answer whether the two accused, Speaker K G Bopaiah and Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, can continue in their offices despite being indicted by the court. "The Supreme Court had upheld the complaint that the Speaker had acted in a partisan manner by disqualifying the 16 MLAs in collusion with the chief minister."Replying to a question, the Congress leader dropped hints that party may approach the Supreme Court to refer the matter to a larger Bench appealing to address all the issues raised in the Special Leave Petition.