Now, Manmohan turns to Gowda for support

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday had a telephonic conversation with former prime minister and JD-S chief H D Devegowda and sought his party's support to the trust vote in Lok Sabha on July 22.

Keeping cards close to his chest on the stand of JD-S over the July 22 trust vote, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda said he would call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday in Delhi for a discussion on the issue.

"The Prime Minister spoke to me this morning. I will be meeting him (Manmohan Singh) tomorrow in Delhi," Gowda told the press after consultations on the issue with state unit JD-S leaders in Bangalore.

According to JD-S sources the leaders had authorised Gowda to take an "appropriate" decision on whether to support Manmohan Singh-led government or vote against the motion.

In another development, breakaway faction leader M P Veerendra Kumar has decided to return to JD-S and would attend a meeting of the top party leaders to be held in Delhi Saturday, Datta said.

Kumar had revolted against Gowda after JD-S joined hands with BJP and formed a coalition government in Karnataka in 2006.

Sources in JD-S said Gowda has been pressing for nationalisation of mining activity as a condition to extend support to the UPA government.