Will Continue as Chief Minister for Five Years: Siddaramaiah Dismisses Reports of CM-change After 2.5 Years

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday asserted that he would maintain the workplace for a full 5 years. The clarification got here within the wake of hypothesis inside a piece of the ruling Congress a few change in management after two-and-half years of this authorities’s tenure.

“Who has made the confusing statement? If someone useless speaks, why do you give importance to it” Siddaramaiah informed reporters right here, when he was requested about repeated complicated statements from these throughout the occasion about CM change.

Asked to present readability on whether or not he would head the federal government for a full 5 years, he mentioned, “For five years our government will be there…I’m the chief minister, I will continue.” On the hypothesis about having three extra deputy chief ministers, he mentioned, “Who said? All this is decided by the high command. Congress is not a regional party, it’s a national party. Nothing can be decided without discussing with the high command. Neither me as the chief minister or MLAs can change the government. We have the high command; they will decide.”

Ever since this authorities got here to energy, there have been claims and counter claims throughout the occasion concerning the chief minister being modified, saying Siddaramaiah could should make manner for Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress President D Ok Shivakumar after two-and-half years of this dispensation.

Siddaramaiah was sworn in as chief minister on May 20 this 12 months after the Congress posted a landslide victory ousting the BJP from energy.

There was stiff competitors between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar for the chief minister’s publish after the meeting election outcomes got here out in May this 12 months.

The Congress occasion managed to persuade the latter to just accept the publish of deputy chief minister. There have been some reviews on the time {that a} compromise had been reached, based on which Shivakumar would turn out to be CM after two-and-half years, however this has not been formally confirmed by the occasion. Claiming that BJP was making an attempt an ‘Operation Kamala/Lotus’ however gained’t achieve success, Siddaramaiah mentioned his occasion would run a steady authorities for a full 5 years.

“People of the state have given us victory by giving us 136 seats in the elections held in May. We will run a stable government for five years. BJP is in disillusionment. They can’t stay without power. As they have been once successful with ‘Operation Kamala’, they are trying to do it once again, but they will not succeed,” he mentioned. ‘Operation Kamala’ (Operation Lotus), a time period coined by opposition events, refers to an alleged try of the BJP to engineer defection of opposition legislators to put in its personal authorities and to make sure its stability.

Responding to a query on BJP MLA and former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi predicting the collapse of the Congress authorities within the state, Siddaramaiah mentioned, “He doesn’t have any other work. After losing, they (BJP) don’t have any work, so they are speaking whatever they want.”

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