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Former Minister and BJP MLC A.H. Vishwanath connected Friday urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to manus implicit powerfulness to Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar arsenic per the alleged “power-sharing pact” betwixt the 2 Congress leaders.
Addressing a property league here, Mr. Vishwanath, a long-time professional of the Chief Minister, dared Mr. Siddaramaiah to instrumentality a vow earlier the Chamundeshwari deity atop Chamundi Hills declaring that nary specified pact had existed.
“Let Mr. Siddaramaiah basal earlier Goddess Chamundi and publically authorities that determination was nary knowing connected sharing powerfulness for 30 months each, and that helium intends to stay Chief Minister for the afloat five-year term,” helium said.
Backing Mr. Shivakumar, the erstwhile Congressman asserted that the Deputy Chief Minister was a “committed Congressman”, dissimilar Mr. Siddaramaiah “who joined the Congress lone for power”.
Recalling the events starring to Mr. Siddaramaiah’s introduction into the Congress, Mr. Vishwanath said Mr. Shivakumar had written a elaborate five-page missive to Sonia Gandhi powerfully supporting Mr. Siddaramaiah’s induction, arguing that his introduction would fortify the party. “Mr. Shivakumar played a large relation successful bringing Siddaramaiah into the Congress, but contiguous helium is being betrayed,” helium alleged.
Mr. Vishwanath besides maintained that the mandate successful the 2023 Assembly elections was successful favour of the Congress and not personally for Mr. Siddaramaiah.
Intensifying his attack, helium described the Chief Minister arsenic “ungrateful” for “betraying” erstwhile Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, who, helium said, had groomed Mr. Siddaramaiah successful his governmental career. He recalled that erstwhile Mr. Gowda made him the Deputy Chief Minister successful the Congress–JD(S) conjugation authorities led by N. Dharam Singh, Mr. Siddaramaiah began eyeing the Chief Minister’s station and went connected to organise an AHINDA (Minorities, Backward Classes and Dalits) rally successful Hubballi.
According to Mr. Vishwanath, Mr. Gowda had advised him to clasp the rally nether the Janata Dal(S) banner, but Mr. Siddaramaiah ignored the request, which wounded the erstwhile Prime Minister. This yet led to his dismissal arsenic Deputy Chief Minister and aboriginal his expulsion from the JD(S), helium said.
Expressing concern, Mr. Vishwanath remarked that the tussle for the Chief Minister’s station had present taken connected a caste overtone. He besides criticised Yathindra Siddaramaiah for “singling out” Adichunchanagiri Mutt Seer Sri Nirmalanandanatha Swamiji for supporting Mr. Shivakumar’s assertion to the apical post, adjacent though respective different pontiffs had made akin comments.
