DKS appeals to MLAs not to visit Delhi on his behalf

Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar connected Friday appealed to his enactment MLAs not to sojourn Delhi to lobby for his elevation to the Chief Minister’s post.

Responding to reports astir a meal gathering of his loyal MLAs and their program to spell to Delhi to impulse the enactment precocious bid connected the enactment issue, Mr. Shivakumar said, “Please don’t. If you person immoderate issues—if you are aspiring for a ministerial presumption oregon seeking powerfulness oregon a post—then spell and entreaty for yourself. Do not spell connected my behalf”.

Asked astir the meal gathering organised successful the guise of MLA H.C. Balakrishna’s birthday, wherever respective MLAs discussed enactment matters successful an effort to show a amusement of strength, helium said, “There was nary amusement of power. Some spell overseas for remainder and study, immoderate spell to Delhi, and others be meal parties. These are idiosyncratic matters and person thing to bash with the party”.

On MLAs’ statements suggesting that helium should go the Chief Minister, Mr. Shivakumar said, “I americium not alert of this. No 1 has spoken to me. Some person expressed their wishes. Newcomers person a tendency to go Ministers. Leaders similar G. Parameshwara, H.K. Patil, H.C. Mahadevappa, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, and I are each seniors now. They became Ministers astatine a young age, and present the newcomers are aspiring for ministerial positions. Let’s see, I volition bring this substance to the attraction of the enactment successful Delhi”.