Actress-Turned-Minister Jayamala Isolated, Upset Congress Leaders Want a Senior to Replace Her
Her lack of legislative experience and virtually no backing by her own party colleagues made the matter worse for the "dream girl" of Kannada cinema of yesteryears.
File Photo of actor-turned politician Jayamala
Bengaluru: Tuesday was her first day as leader of the House in the upper House of Karnataka legislature. The actress-turned-minister Jayamala, 59, was cornered by the opposition BJP on various issues and the stalwarts of her party Congress remained mute spectators without bothering to defend the government and Jayamala.
Her lack of legislative experience and virtually no backing by her own party colleagues made the matter worse for the "dream girl" of Kannada cinema of yesteryears. The opposition BJP took the full advantage of divided Congress on day one.
The first time MLC Jayamala's induction into the JDS-Congress cabinet a month ago had raised several eyebrows and many senior MLC s had openly questioned the rationale behind it. The five women MLA s from the Congress had also questioned the decision arguing that ministerial berth should have gone to an elected woman MLA, instead of a nominated MLC.
The senior MLCs from the Congress like H M Revanna, S R Patil, VS Ugrappa and CM Ibrahim who were eyeing the ministerial berth made their displeasure public by staying away from party meetings.
By the virtue of being the lone minister among the MLCs Jayamala got the coveted post of leader of the House in the Vidhana Parishad. The state Mahila Congress president and MLA Lakshmi Hebbalkar was the most vocal in her opposition to Jayamala's nomination to the council of ministers. Attacking the high command for ignoring her, Hebbalkar had said that they had preferred Jayamala's "services" over her “services” to the party.
It had angered Jayamala and she had hit back at Hebbalkar calling her jealous and insensitive towards another woman. A few women organizations have also condemned the usage of word "service".
Her lack of legislative experience and virtually no backing by her own party colleagues made the matter worse for the "dream girl" of Kannada cinema of yesteryears. The opposition BJP took the full advantage of divided Congress on day one.
The first time MLC Jayamala's induction into the JDS-Congress cabinet a month ago had raised several eyebrows and many senior MLC s had openly questioned the rationale behind it. The five women MLA s from the Congress had also questioned the decision arguing that ministerial berth should have gone to an elected woman MLA, instead of a nominated MLC.
It had angered Jayamala and she had hit back at Hebbalkar calling her jealous and insensitive towards another woman. A few women organizations have also condemned the usage of word "service".
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