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With aggravated lobbying nether mode up of the enactment of a caller Cabinet pursuing Siddaramaiah’s resignation to pave the mode for Chief Minister-designate D.K. Shivakumar to instrumentality implicit the apical post, elder Congress person and Aland MLA B.R. Patil has openly staked his assertion to a Ministerial berth.
In a media enactment released present connected Sunday, Mr. Patil cited his astir five-decade-long governmental career, his relation successful wide movements, his publication to strengthening the AHINDA question and his loyalty to Mr. Siddaramaiah during important phases of the latter’s governmental travel arsenic reasons that “make him deserving of” a Cabinet berth.
“Seeking a Cabinet berth is my close and securing it for maine is Siddaramaiah’s responsibility,” Mr. Patil said.
Tracing his governmental career, Mr. Patil said that helium entered nationalist beingness done pupil authorities and won his archetypal predetermination to the Aland Taluk Board successful 1978. He said that helium was elected to the Legislative Assembly successful 1983 connected Janata Party ticket.
“Over the past 5 decades, I person actively participated successful people’s movements, including the AHINDA movement, respective farmers struggles, labour agitations, biology campaigns and irrigation-related protests. This makes maine a deserving campaigner for a Cabinet berth,” helium said.
Mr. Patil recalled that erstwhile Mr. Siddaramaiah parted ways with the Janata Dal (Secular), helium stood firmly by him and travelled crossed the State to fortify the AHINDA movement.
“When a radical of 8 MLAs near the Janata Dal(S) during that turbulent period, I remained steadfast with Mr. Siddaramaiah contempt the hazard of disqualification. Most of those who moved with him aboriginal became Ministers, but I was near out. I person waited agelong capable for a Ministerial responsibility. Mr. Siddaramaiah should present instrumentality idiosyncratic involvement successful ensuring my induction into the Cabinet,” helium said.
Mr. Patil besides highlighted his relation with respective national-level societal and farmers movements and said that helium worked alongside activists and leaders specified arsenic Medha Patkar, Rakesh Tikait, Rajendra Singh and Yogendra Yadav.
He claimed that Mr. Siddaramaiah assured him of a Cabinet berth during his earlier tenure arsenic Chief Minister.
Referring to the erstwhile Assembly election, Mr. Patil said that helium had exposed what helium described arsenic a systematic effort by the BJP to manipulate votes successful the Aland constituency.
He claimed that the contented aboriginal drew the attraction of Congress person Rahul Gandhi who raised it astatine the nationalist level.
Mr. Patil further claimed that the lawsuit was unsocial successful the state arsenic it resulted successful the filing of a charge-sheet. Expressing the assurance astir his prospects, helium said that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge volition besides enactment his inclusion successful the State Cabinet.
