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Home Minister G. Parameshwara said helium expects Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to proceed successful the station for the remainder of the Legislative Assembly’s term.
Fielding queries from reporters successful Mysuru connected Monday (April 6), Mr. Parameshwara pointed retired that the enactment precocious bid did not specify that Mr. Siddaramaiah would beryllium the Chief Minister for the afloat word erstwhile helium was chosen for the station successful 2013, but helium continued arsenic Chief Minister till 2018.
The precocious bid had chosen him arsenic Chief Minister successful 2023. “So, volition helium not person to stay successful the station till the word ends successful 2028?” Mr. Parameshwara asked earlier adding that if helium has to beryllium replaced, a determination successful that respect volition person to beryllium taken lone by the enactment precocious command.
He said determination is nary request for the enactment precocious bid to specifically authorities that Mr. Siddaramaiah is the Chief Minister for the afloat five-year term, and dismissed charges that the precocious bid is liable for the prevailing “confusion” implicit the enactment issue.
He pointed retired that the precocious bid had ne'er spoken astir the enactment issue.
In the contiguous governmental concern successful the State, Mr. Siddaramaiah volition proceed arsenic the Chief Minister, Mr. Parameshwara said.
On DKS
When his attraction was drawn to Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who was reportedly aspiring for the Chief Minister’s post, Mr. Parameshwara said Mr. Shivakumar is not lone the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, but besides the Deputy Chief Minister.
When asked astir his ain eligibility to go the Chief Minister, Mr. Parameshwara said Mr. Siddaramaiah himself had informed the Legislature that each 224 MLAs are eligible to go the Chief Minister. So, adjacent helium is eligible, helium added.
On bypolls
Mr. Parameshwara besides expressed assurance astir the ruling Congress winning some the Assembly seats of Bagalkot and Davangere South successful the ensuing bypolls.
He said radical of some constituencies had shown enactment for the ruling enactment arsenic the authorities had not lone implemented the promises made to the people, but had besides taken up improvement programmes that person reached the poor.
With respect to reports of black-marketing of LPG cylinders, Mr. Parameshwara said the constabulary cannot enactment suo motu, but has been registering cases against the diversion of home LPG cylinders for commercialized usage based connected the complaints referred by the officials of the Food and Civil Supplies Department.
