BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday stated there isn’t a change of guard within the offing within the state and likewise dominated out any cupboard reshuffle. Rumours have been rife about some main political developments within the state after Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi hosted a dinner for Siddaramaiah and his cupboard colleagues at his residence on Thursday.
There have been additionally speculations that the state would get a brand new Congress state president changing Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar, who’s holding the publish for the previous 5 years. “What can I do in case you speculate about our gathering over dinner as a gathering?” Siddaramaiah informed reporters right here. When requested what the aim was behind the gathering, Siddaramaiah stated, “to have meals.” To the query whether or not the assembly was for a change of the chief minister or cupboard reshuffle, he stated, “No. These are all lies. No such change is occurring.” A number of ministers met Siddaramaiah on the eating desk on Thursday night time.
About 18 to 20 ministers and MLAs have been current on the dinner, Congress sources stated. Because the occasion occurred within the absence of Shivakumar, who was overseas, rumours began making spherical that the dinner was being hosted to debate the subsequent Congress president in Karnataka. Shivakumar has been holding the Congress state president publish since March, 2020.
The BJP MP and former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Friday stated there was a robust infighting within the Congress and this feast within the absence of Shivakumar was its reflection. “Whereas Shivakumar is attempting to take away the chief minister, whose picture has taken a beating as a result of MUDA rip-off, the chief minister is now attempting to chop down on Shivakumar’s stature by eradicating him from the KPCC president’s publish,” Shettar informed reporters.
He stated the infighting would lastly result in the autumn of the federal government. State Social Welfare Minister H C Mahadevappa dismissed these speculations, saying that it was only a dinner which he had attended. “We simply had our dinner. We didn’t talk about any politics,” he stated.
Shivakumar has been holding the Congress state president publish since March, 2020. Below his management, the get together stormed to energy with 134 seats in 224-member Karnataka legislative Meeting in 2023. The Congress additionally elevated its tally within the Lok Sabha election in Karnataka from only one out of 28 seats in 2019 to 9 in 2024. Additional, the get together swept within the meeting bypolls by profitable all of the three seats lately.
The get together excessive command usually thought of Shivakumar as its troubleshooter.
