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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026) acknowledged that it was due to the fact that of past Chief Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s insistence that helium took connected the work of the Finance portfolio successful 1994.
“I was keen to grip the gross portfolio. But elder person R.L. Jalappa opted for it astatine a gathering to determine the portfolio allocation aft Mr. Gowda became the Chief Minister. Hence Mr. Gowda persuaded maine to instrumentality up concern portfolio, saying that helium wanted idiosyncratic trustworthy to grip it. Though I did not cognize thing astir finances, I took up the portfolio arsenic helium insisted,” the Chief Minister told the Karnataka Legislative Assembly while intervening during a statement connected the State Budget 2026-27 presented by him.
Mr. Siddaramaiah, who has presented 17 State Budgets truthful far, said this incidental had resulted successful him continuing with that portfolio subsequently.
Bouquet and brickbat
Referring to this, Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok remarked that Mr. Siddaramaiah should astatine slightest convey Mr. Gowda for his imaginativeness successful choosing him for the job.
Mr. Ashok displayed a transcript of the first authorities fund presented by Mr. Siddaramaiah for 1995-96 and hailed it arsenic a fund that had “weight”. Pointing retired that immoderate radical had ridiculed Mr. Siddaramaiah past by remarking that a idiosyncratic who could not number sheep had been chosen for the occupation of presenting the authorities budget, Mr. Ashok said Mr. Siddaramaiah had past fixed a befitting reply to them by presenting a prime fund with vision.
But the contiguous fund presented by Mr. Siddaramaiah was a mediocre shadiness of his archetypal budget, helium remarked.
