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Amid the reported efforts by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to get the Congress precocious command’s motion for Cabinet reshuffle, Leader of the Opposition successful the Assembly R. Ashok connected Monday maintained that Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar would get sidelined if the Congress precocious bid gives support for the Cabinet reshuffle.
In an evident notation to purported powerfulness sharing statement arsenic per which the Deputy Chief Minister is to win Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Mr. Ashok said the chances of Mr. Shivakumar becoming the Chief Minister would beryllium bleak if the precocious bid agrees to a Cabinet reshuffle. Referring to Mr. Shivakumar’s caller visits to temples, Mr. Ashok remarked that: “Going to temples and performing poojas volition spell successful vain if determination is simply a Cabinet reshuffle.”
Seeking to debunk the Congress leaders’ claims that their visits to Delhi had thing to bash with enactment change, Mr. Ashok wondered wherefore they were going to Delhi then. “Even the DK brothers (D.K. Shivakumar and his member D. K. Suresh) camped successful Delhi. If the contented of changing the Chief Minister has not surfaced, past wherefore is everyone gathering AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge?” helium asked.
“The problems of sugarcane farmers person not been resolved, human-wildlife struggle has intensified, compensation for rainfall harm has not been given. Instead of trying to resoluteness these problems, the Congress leaders are engaged successful a philharmonic seat contention for the Chief Minister’s post,” helium alleged.
Mr. Ashok recalled that helium had predicted a November gyration signifying alteration successful the main ministerial post, a agelong clip ago.
Expressing interest implicit a spate of deaths of blackbuck astatine the Chennamma Mini Zoo, helium described it arsenic a shocking substance and urged Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre to respond. He demanded that the officials acrophobic should instrumentality precautionary measures to forestall recurrence of specified things.
Stating that the Opposition BJP-JD(S) would rise the issues related to sugarcane farmers’ unrest and instrumentality and bid concern successful the State during the forthcoming wintertime league of the State Legislature to beryllium held successful Belagavi, Mr. Ashok said the BJP leaders would consult Union Minister and JD(S) person H.D. Kumaraswamy successful this regard.
