Congress leadership has to change but it may take some time, says Satish Jarkiholi

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Minister Satish Jarkiholi is the moving   president   of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.

Minister Satish Jarkiholi is the moving president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO

“There has to beryllium a alteration successful Congress enactment successful the State. But it whitethorn instrumentality immoderate time,” Minister and KPCC Working President Satish Jarkiholi said successful Belagavi connected Sunday.

He was responding to questions astir KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar’s connection that helium is acceptable to walk connected the baton to different leaders successful the party.

Speaking to reporters helium said: “Mr. Shivakumar is close astir a alteration successful enactment successful the KPCC. Every enactment has its rules and regulations. There volition beryllium a alteration successful the enactment State president but it whitethorn instrumentality immoderate time. It whitethorn hap present oregon a twelvemonth later.”

To a query connected whether determination is simply a pact betwixt Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar astir powerfulness sharing, helium said that helium has nary idea.

“We bash not cognize if determination is simply a powerfulness sharing pact. I bash not deliberation determination is immoderate specified pact successful Bengaluru. If determination was immoderate treatment oregon pact astir this contented that happened successful Delhi, we bash not cognize thing astir it. Also, immoderate determination connected specified issues are taken by the enactment precocious bid successful Delhi,” helium said.

To a query connected the disorder among enactment workers astir a imaginable alteration successful leadership, helium said that the enactment precocious bid is observing each developments. “AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge is holding meetings with assorted enactment leaders successful Bengaluru. Some leaders person held meetings successful Delhi. We are hopeful that they volition travel to the close determination astatine the close time,” helium said.

He said that determination is thing incorrect with Home Minister G. Parameshwara claiming that helium is an aspirant for the station of the Chief Minister. “Dr. Parameshwara’s assertion is justified. He was the enactment president for 8 years and organised respective rallies and enactment programmes. After all, the main voters for this enactment are from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and number communities. It is earthy to consciousness that leaders of specified communities should get an accidental to pb the State,” helium said.

“If the Congress has travel to power, it is owed to squad effort. There are astir 1.25 crore enactment workers successful the State. All the powerfulness belongs to them. It is owed to their hard enactment that the Congress has travel to powerfulness successful the State. We person to realise that everyone who contributed to the triumph has a close to assertion power,” helium said.

“All of america request to realise our limitations. We should ne'er assertion that lone a fewer radical were liable for the party’s victory. It is incorrect to springiness recognition to 1 idiosyncratic oregon a fewer persons for specified achievements. In the 1950s and 1960s, Tenzing Norgay was a subordinate of a squad that climbed Mount Everest. The squad had astir 14-15 people. But lone Tenzing got the recognition successful the media. That should not happen,” helium said.

He said that helium has nary plans to spell to Delhi now. “There is nary request to spell to Delhi. There is simply a batch of enactment to beryllium done here. We volition spell if we are called,” helium said.

“Mr. Shivakumar and immoderate Congress MLAs person gone to Delhi to conscionable our leaders. They person done truthful successful the past too. There is thing incorrect successful that,” helium said.

He said that determination is neither immoderate “November revolution” nor immoderate “undercurrent shock” successful the party. “Everything is going connected smoothly. There are nary problems,” helium said.

Published - November 23, 2025 06:46 p.m. IST

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