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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who equalled erstwhile Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs’ record of longest tenure arsenic Chief Minister of Karnataka connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026), expressed assurance of completing the ensuing word of the Assembly astatine the helm.
Replying to queries from reporters successful Mysuru, Mr. Siddaramaiah, however, said a determination connected completing the existent word volition beryllium connected the determination of the enactment High Command.
Meeting Venugopal
With respect to his gathering with All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary K C Venugopal successful Mysuru connected January 5, 2026, Mr. Siddaramaiah said Mr. Venugopal was travelling from Wayanad to Delhi via Bengaluru and the 2 leaders had a courtesy gathering successful Mysuru. With respect to the projected Cabinet reshuffle, Mr. Siddaramaiah said helium would instrumentality it up erstwhile helium receives a telephone from Delhi.
He further said his purpose was not to interruption immoderate record. “This grounds has happened coincidentally. I did not adjacent cognize however galore years Devaraj Urs had governed. With the blessings of the people, it has been imaginable to adjacent his record.” Expressing restitution implicit his agelong governmental career, Mr. Siddaramaiah said moving for the radical gives him happiness. “Politics means moving for the poor, Dalits, and backward classes,” helium said.
He said helium initially aspired to go an MLA and became one. Later, helium got opportunities to go a Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Leader of the Opposition, and Chief Minister. “All this was imaginable due to the fact that I got opportunities,” Mr. Siddaramaiah said.
‘All the best’
In Bengaluru, erstwhile his absorption was sought to Mr. Siddaramaiah’s assertion of completing term, his lawman D.K. Shivakumar, who is vying for the apical post, said, “I privation Siddaramaiah well. I privation him each the champion and bully luck.” Asked if his connection would not make confusion, helium said, “You (media) are confusing it, determination is nary disorder amongst us.”
