BENGALURU: Commenting on the statement of CM Siddaramaiah's son, MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah, that Minister for PWD Satish Jarkiholi will be his father's successor, the Karnataka BJP on Thursday took a dig at the Congress party, saying that the Siddaramaiah camp was plotting to prevent Deputy Chief Minister and state President D.K. Shivakumar from ever becoming the CM.
Speaking to the media in Bengaluru, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka said, “Deputy CM Shivakumar believed he would serve as CM for half of the tenure in the Congress-led government. However, he is now disappointed. CM Siddaramaiah’s camp is strategising in such a way that Shivakumar should never become CM.”
“CM Siddaramaiah is issuing statements through his son and others. I repeatedly made statements regarding the November revolution, which Congress leaders dismissed as mere illusions. Then why are such statements being issued?” Ashoka questioned.