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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s lad and Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah’s remark that Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi, an ST leader, could instrumentality implicit the enactment mantle, arsenic his begetter was astatine the fag extremity of his governmental life, has created different governmental tempest astir the much-talked-about “November revolution” successful the ruling faction-ridden Congress.
On Wednesday, Dr. Yathindra, astatine a gathering successful Belagavi, expressed anticipation that Mr. Jarkiholi would instrumentality up the work and beryllium a relation exemplary and a person aligned with progressive ideological and philosophical values.
“It is hard to find leaders who are committed to principles, but Mr Jarkiholi is doing his occupation with commitment. He should proceed to bash so,” helium added.
Dr. Yathindra’s connection assumes value since it came a fewer days aft Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s assertion that the Chief Minister’s enactment would beryllium decided by the party’s apical brass and not based connected the enactment of MLAs, fundamentally mounting the presumption for his imaginable succession to powerfulness arsenic the Congress government’s tenure approaches the half-term mark.
Many judge that Dr. Yathindra was “speaking the Chief Minister’s mind” and it was an effort to task Mr. Jarkiholi, an influential person from Belagavi, arsenic the main ministerial look successful lawsuit the enactment precocious bid presses for a enactment alteration aft the Bihar elections successful November.
Floating the sanction of Mr. Jarkiholi is besides seen arsenic an effort to checkmate Mr. Shivakumar’s ambition arsenic good as send a connection to the enactment precocious command, which is expected to grip the contented carefully. It is successful nary temper to repetition the blunder it committed during 1989-94 which saw 3 Chief Ministers successful a abbreviated span of clip — Veerendra Patil, S. Bangarappa, and M. Veerappa Moily.
‘What tin I say?’
When the media sought absorption from Mr. Shivakumar astir Mr. Yathindra’s remark, the Deputy Chief Minister changeable back, saying “You (media) inquire him (Mr. Yathindra) astir what helium has said. What tin I say?” Mr. Shivakumar, the apical contender for the Chief Minister’s post, has been connected a temple tally and is present connected a pilgrimage to Mantralayam aft a sojourn to Hasaanamba temple successful Hassan.
Further, Mr Shivakumar said, “As Siddaramaiah and I person said, we volition spell by what the party’s precocious bid asks america to do.”
As the buzz implicit Mr. Yathindra’s remark grew, Mr. Jarkiholi said, “The enactment has to determine who volition beryllium the successor. He (Mr. Yathindra) has expressed his idiosyncratic opinion. Ultimately, it’s the enactment and the MLAs who volition decide. There’s inactive time; let’s hold and spot what happens.” However, Mr. Jarkiholi said the Congress needed AHINDA leadership. “I can’t bash authorities without the AHINDA support.”
Meanwhile, elder enactment person T.B. Jayachandra, MLA, said, “The precocious bid volition instrumentality a determination connected enactment alteration based connected MLAs’ support. As of now, the Chief Minister’s seat is not vacant.”
Minister M.B. Patil said Mr. Yathindra spoke thing wrong, and helium lone praised the enactment qualities of Mr. Jarkiholi. Home Minister G. Parameshwara said, “Discussion astir the Chief Minister’s station is nowhere. The party’s precocious bid and the CLP volition determine enactment matters astatine the due time.”
‘No substance’
Ramanagara MLA and loyalist of the KPCC chief, H.A. Iqbal Hussain, said, “There is nary substance oregon value successful his statement.”
Even arsenic the contractors' assemblage has alleged rampant corruption successful the government, intensifying factional warring successful the Congress would further dent the government’s image.
