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A.H. Vishwanath, MLC, launched a blistering onslaught connected Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Saturday (November 22), accusing him of weakening some the Congress enactment and Karnataka’s antiauthoritarian ethos done what helium described arsenic an unrelenting “fight for power”.
Addressing a property conference, Mr. Vishwanath said the estimation of the State, erstwhile guided by statesmen specified arsenic D. Devaraj Urs, Ramakrishna Hegde and H.D. Deve Gowda, has deed a debased fixed the infighting successful the Congress for power.
He said the ongoing powerfulness tussle wrong the ruling Congress has sullied and tarnished the estimation of the State known for mature politics. Those claiming to support ideology and the Constitution are destroying it, helium added.
Mr. Vishwanath said Mr. Siddaramaiah owed his governmental revival wholly to the Congress, and recalled that helium was expelled from the JD(S) earlier being fixed “refuge” by the Congress. “There are immoderate leaders who accidental determination is nary Congress without Siddaramaiah but that is utter nonsense,’’ helium added.
Urging Mr. Siddaramaiah not to backtrack connected the committedness to marque D.K. Shivakumar the Chief Minister for 2.5 years successful the 2nd fractional of the five-year tenure, Mr. Vishwanath cautioned that the Chief Minister’s estimation would beryllium deed if helium failed to so, and helium would beryllium known arsenic a ‘’betrayer’’.
In the ongoing governmental drama, it is the Congress which is getting weakened, helium said. Mr. Siddaramaiah is destroying the precise enactment which revived his governmental fortunes, made him Leader of the Opposition and doubly the Chief Minister, said Mr. Vishwanath.
The MLC said determination was thing incorrect successful Mr. Shivakumar becoming the Chief Minister. “He is simply a existent Congressman who has worked hard and invested successful the organisation,” helium added.
Taking potshots astatine Mr. Siddaramaiah’s flagship warrant schemes, Mr. Vishwanath said they amounted to thing and paled successful examination to the transformative reforms ushered successful by Devaraj Urs. ‘’Generations of farmers who were erstwhile landless workers are enjoying the benefits of specified policies,’’ said the MLC.
Mr. Vishwanath besides targeted Mr. Siddaramaiah for “boasting” astir his grounds of presenting 17 budgets and declaring helium would pb the Congress successful 2028. “People voted for the Congress, not Siddaramaiah, and helium should show immoderate humility,’’ helium said.
