Word for word, Krishna pens Gowda offensive

Krishna, in his latest letter, the second since last week, described as despicable, wild and baseless, Gowda’s allegations that crores of rupees were looted during his regime by awarding contracts to a select few by Bangalore Development Authority.

Further, ‘‘His (Gowda’s) sole purpose in doing this is obviously to tarnish the image of the Congress, which has been invigorated under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi. In this ignoble endeavour, Gowda will most certainly be defeated’’, he said.

It wasn’t all defence though. He hit out at Gowda’s track record as CM after he took over in 1999, blaming him for not inquiring into the role of the BDA and other departments even after irregularities were exposed by the Assembly public estimates committee headed by Vyjanath Patil. ‘‘Deve Gowda’s ignorance is astounding or is it his love and loyalty to piece-rate contractors?’’ Krishna asked.

He concluded by underlining that during the ‘‘last four decades of my public life, I have had the opportunity and privilege of fighting many political battles with Gowda…(but) should the circumstances warrant, I am willing to take this to its logical and inevitable end.’’