Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday urged the folks of his Varuna meeting section to offer Congress candidate Sunil Bose a lead of no less than 60,000 votes within the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, to make sure that he stays within the submit.
“In (final 12 months’s Karnataka) meeting election, you gave me a lead of 48,000 votes and made me win the elections. Now, it’s best to give the identical lead or extra to our Congress candidate. Minimal, it’s best to give us a lead of 60,000 votes and make him win. From Varuna constituency, (Minister HC) Mahadevappa and I are acquainted faces,” he stated.
Siddaramaiah’s assertion gained significance amid persistent rumours about management change within the ruling Congress within the state after Lok Sabha polls or at mid-way of the present meeting’s tenure.
“I’m your consultant. (My son) Yathindra is a former MLA. If you happen to all give us a lead of 60,000 and make him (Sunil Bose) win, I will likely be blissful. No person may even contact me. Ought to I stay (as Chief Minister) or not? Due to this fact, I request you all with my folded fingers. I’ll come again to thanks after profitable,” he stated.
Siddarmaiah’s Varuna meeting section comes beneath the Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency, from the place Mahadevappa’s son Sunil Bose is the Congress candidate.
Then again, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who has been open about his aspirations for the chief ministerial function, assured the those who the will with which they supported the celebration within the Meeting ballot in Might final 12 months, won’t go in useless.
Campaigning for Congress candidate ‘Star’ Chandru in Mandya, Shivakumar stated, “As we speak, I want to convey simply this a lot. You could have all stored me in your ideas and helped us win many seats in Mandya. Your aspirations will not go unfulfilled. You all needn’t fear about that.”
As Congress romped to an emphatic victory, by winning 135 seats within the Karnataka meeting polls, there was stiff competition between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar for the Chief Minister’s post. In the end, the Congress had managed to persuade the latter and made him the Deputy Chief Minister.
There have been some experiences on the time {that a} compromise had been reached based mostly on a “rotational Chief Minister components”, in keeping with which Shivakumar will turn into the Chief Minister after two-and-half years, however the party dismissed them.
(with inputs from PTI)
