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There is simply a batch of disorder regarding alteration of enactment successful Karnataka arsenic good arsenic in-fighting betwixt Congress leaders to dislodge the CM. But the BJP should enactment distant from this situation. It should enactment neutral present and not effort to dislodge the Congress government, Ramesh Jarkiholi, BJP MLA and erstwhile minister, said successful Belagavi connected Monday (November 24, 2025).
I entreaty to the BJP enactment to stay neutral successful today’s governmental concern successful Karnataka. They should not interfere successful this. It is similar a soiled swamp and we should not get into that, helium told reporters.
“There is disorder among leaders astir powerfulness sharing. Some leaders are trying to dislodge the CM truthful that they tin inhabit the post. Let them bash what they want. We should hold for the adjacent elections and travel to powerfulness with afloat majority. This is my idiosyncratic opinion,” helium said.
“The Congress has the mandate now; fto them implicit their term. Also, it is not bully for the State to look repeated elections,” helium said. He said that the Congress authorities was anti-people and would gain the people’s wrath if it continues successful powerfulness for the adjacent 2 and a fractional years. “The radical volition people take the BJP then,’’ helium added.
To a query, helium joked that helium would take himself arsenic the champion campaigner for CM successful Karnataka. He said that he, on with R. Ashok, Leader of the Opposition, was the elder astir MLA successful the BJP. “We are the lone 2 leaders who person won 7 Assembly polls. All the remainder are inferior to us. I deliberation I should beryllium the CM next,” helium said.
On whether Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar would power to the BJP and signifier a authorities with the enactment of the saffron party, Ramesh Jarkiholi said specified a concern was unlikely. “However, if that happens, I volition ne'er judge him arsenic my leader. That is intolerable successful this life. If Mr. Shivakumar is to transverse implicit to the BJP, past I volition deliberation of the governmental options unfastened to me. I volition bash what the Gods archer maine then,” helium said. “I bash not deliberation that Mr. Shivakumar has the enactment of a bulk of MLAs successful the Congress. If it was true, helium would person go the CM already,” helium said.
He refuted H.D. Deve Gowda’s assertion that Siddaramaiah was responsible for the fall of the H.D. Kumaraswamy authorities successful 2019. “Mr. Gowda is simply a elder person and I bash not cognize what helium meant by the statement. But I tin clarify that it is not close to blasted Mr. Siddaramaiah for the defections. If anyone was liable for the autumn of the JD(S)-Congress confederation government, it was Mr. Shivakumar. I cognize it arsenic I was among the frontline leaders of the rebellion. I got upset due to the fact that Mr. Shivakumar was interfering with Belagavi authorities and we engineered defections of a batch of MLAs truthful arsenic to propulsion down the government. Even a tiny kid knows this,“ helium said.
To a query, helium said that helium was not successful favour of a separate North Karnataka state. “I americium a protagonist of a agreed Karnataka. We should effort to make arsenic one. However, I americium successful favour of dividing large districts similar Belagavi for administrative convenience. I americium successful favour of forming a abstracted Gokak district. During the archetypal word of Siddaramaiah arsenic CM, a last determination astir part of Belagavi was taken. But it was enactment disconnected owed to immoderate method issues,” helium said.
