Mangaluru: The ghost of cross voting in the recent biennial polls to Rajya Sabha is coming back to haunt Janata Dal(S). This follows a damning revelation by Chamrajpete MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan, who asserted that his cross voting for the Congress candidate K C Ramamurthy was at the behest of state JD(S) chief H D Kumaraswamy What made the issue murkier is that Zameer challenged Kumaraswamy to make 'aane pramana' (vow test) at Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala. The disgruntled MLA also made it public before a select few media persons that he will be contesting from Congress in the 2018 polls."I believe in god. Let Kumaraswamy come to Dharamsthala. I will also bring Quran and I will swear by it that I have cast my vote to Congress in the Rajya Sabha election at the behest of Kumaraswamy. Let him challenge me, not Cheluvaraya Swamy (another JDS MLA). If Kumaraswamy had faith in god and respect his words, he would have given power to B S Yeddyurappa in 2007," Zameer said.The cross voting in the Rajya Sabha polls by eight JD(S) legislators had resulted in the defeat of party's candidate B M Farookh,About his future plans, he said, "I will be contesting as a Congress candidate in the next assembly election. I will retire from politics and leave the state if JD(S) bags 120 seats in the next election."

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