Cong attacks Gowda again

NEW DELHI, Aug 4: The Congress today renewed its attack on United Front chairman H D Deve Gowda accusing him of hobnobbing with the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP.

Party spokesperson V N Gadgil said while Gowda charged the Congress with trying to destroy the Janata Dal, at the Dal8217;s national council meeting yesterday, he didn8217;t say a word against the BJP. Gadgil saw this as evidence of Gowda8217;s links with the BJP. 8220;We have no intention of destroying the Janata Dal, we don8217;t indulge in negative politics. What is more significant is that Gowda didn8217;t utter a single word against the BJP. The links between Gowda and the BJP are now getting more and more visible,8221; Gadgil said.

He referred to Gowda8217;s having addressed an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS rally where he praised the Sangh cadre, a charge which BJP leader Atal Behari Vajpayee made against Gowda last year when Gowda was seeking his vote of confidence in Parliament.