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Amid a tussle implicit enactment with Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Sunday said that the Congress would beryllium the lone enactment that could supply opportunities to Vokkaligas and Dalits to go Chief Ministers successful the future.
Along with Mr. Shivakumar, helium listed retired T.B. Jayachandra, Kimmane Ratnakar, M. Krishnappa, Krishna Byre Gowda, and K. Venkatesh arsenic those successful the Congress susceptible of providing enactment to the community, adjacent arsenic helium listed retired Vokkaliga leaders, who distanced themselves from erstwhile Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s enactment successful the Janata Parivar.
“Those who are susceptible of providing enactment to the Vokkaliga assemblage are successful the Congress and if anyone from the assemblage has to go a Vokkaliga Chief Minister beyond Mr. Gowda’s household it volition beryllium from the Congress,” the Chief Minister said successful a statement.
The Chief Minister’s connection came successful effect to disapproval from JD(S) and BJP leaders implicit his societal media posts connected Saturday. Union Heavy Industries and STeel Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy had accused Mr. Siddaramaiah of dragging castes to prevention his seat successful effect to the Chief Minister’s posts successful which helium claimed that helium was being targeted owing to his caste and societal background. In Saturday’s posts, the Chief Minister not lone said that helium volition transportation guardant the combat against attempts to decorativeness him, but besides said helium was not a coward to tally distant from the battlefield.
“It is the Congress that identified and nurtured Vokkaliga enactment from Kengal Hanumanthaiah to S.M. Krishna. The Congress is nurturing Vokkaliga leaders, who were cheated by Mr. Gowda,” helium said successful a statement.
Mr. Siddaramaiah accused Mr. Gowda and Mr. Kumaraswamy of utilizing Vokkaligas to further their household interests and utilized Vokkaligas arsenic a ballot bank. “There is simply a agelong database of Vokkaliga leaders successful the Congress. How galore Vokkaliga leaders are determination successful the JD(S)?”
Mr. Siddaramaiah said that the Congress had Dalit leaders who are susceptible of becoming Chief Minister based connected merit. “If 1 day, a Dalit person becomes the Chief Minister, it would beryllium lone from the Congress”.
