Debate over change of CM in Karnataka only because of media, says Congress MLC Yathindra

Yathindra, Congress MLC, connected Tuesday blamed the media for the ongoing statement implicit a alteration of Chief Minister successful Karnataka.

Fielding questions from presspersons connected Siddaramaiah’s reported connection that the enactment precocious bid volition instrumentality a telephone connected whether helium volition proceed arsenic the Chief Minister, Mr. Yathindra said the statement connected the contented is taking spot lone due to the fact that of the media.

There volition beryllium nary statement connected the substance if the media does not rake up the issue, claimed Mr. Yathindra successful Mysuru connected Tuesday.

With respect to Mr. Siddaramaiah’s statement, Mr. Yathindra, his son, said, “Of course, if anyone has to proceed successful the Chief Minister’s post, the determination is near to the precocious command.”

Mr. Yathindra stated that determination has been nary treatment successful the enactment astir immoderate specified change. He said that helium believes that determination volition beryllium nary alteration of Chief Minister successful Karnataka arsenic nary specified accusation has been fixed by the enactment precocious bid to either Mr. Siddaramaiah oregon immoderate different person of the party.

When his attraction was drawn to Congress person K.N. Rajanna’s reported connection that Mr. Siddaramaiah was indispensable to the party, Mr. Yathindra said that Mr. Rajanna’s presumption is shared by respective Congress leaders.

With respect to the telephone for a Dalit Chief Minister, Mr. Yathindra said that determination were respective leaders successful the Congress who were eligible to go the Chief Minister, and added that it was not incorrect for anybody to aspire for the post.

On Election Commission

Meanwhile, participating successful a gathering of enactment workers of Tagadur Block successful Varuna, Mr. Yathindra came down heavy against the Election Commission for not acting against the ruling BJP astatine the Centre for its alleged ballot theft.

Though the Election Commission should not travel nether governmental power and is expected to beryllium just and impartial, Mr. Yathindra alleged that the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) was behaving similar a “political operator”.

Instead of taking the complaints of ballot theft by the Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and different Congress leaders seriously, the CEC was resorting to “defaming” the complainants, helium said.

Mr. Yathindra stated that the Election Commission had been “compromised” and mentioned that determination was a menace to ideology if specified institutions were misused by the government.