We believe Siddaramaiah will continue as CM, says Satish Jarkiholi

3 months ago 1
ARTICLE AD BOX
Karnataka Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi on  with elder  advocates and MLAs from North Karnataka during his sojourn  to the Supreme Court Bar Association and Delhi High Court Bar Association buildings astatine  New Delhi connected  February 20 , 2026.

Karnataka Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi on with elder advocates and MLAs from North Karnataka during his sojourn to the Supreme Court Bar Association and Delhi High Court Bar Association buildings astatine New Delhi connected February 20 , 2026. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Siddaramaiah is the Chief Minister present and we judge that helium volition continue, said Satish Jarkiholi, PWD curate and KPCC moving president, successful Bagalkot connected Sunday (February 22, 2026). “We person not heard thing astir mid-term changes. The remainder is near to the enactment precocious command,” helium said adding that helium had nary thought astir changes to the State enactment aft the budget.

Mr. Jarkiholi was successful Bagalkot to be the wedding successful the household of a follower.

He told reporters that his caller travel to Delhi was not to rally enactment for Mr. Siddaramaiah oregon immoderate different leader. “For me, Delhi visits are common. I support going erstwhile a period oregon truthful regarding my section work. And whenever I go, I sojourn the AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge. We urged him to extremity the disorder successful the enactment and helium has assured to bash so,” helium said.

“This time, however, erstwhile curate K.N. Rajanna had besides travel to Delhi for immoderate different errand and we went to conscionable Mr. Kharge together,’’ helium said successful effect to a query.

He said the overseas circuit of legislators was not linked to immoderate governmental development. “Foreign tours are communal for legislators. They support going connected trips with their friends. It tin not beryllium linked to politics,” helium said.

Not successful enactment of a leader

Later, successful Ambadgatti successful Belagavi district, Mr. Jarkiholi clarified that his caller travel to New Delhi was not successful enactment of immoderate peculiar leader.

“It was successful enactment of the party. A fewer Congress leaders met AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge successful New Delhi precocious to petition the enactment precocious bid to extremity the disorder implicit the enactment contented successful Karnataka. We person got a wide awesome from Mr. Kharge that the contented volition beryllium resolved. We bash not cognize however it volition beryllium resolved. But it volition surely beryllium resolved soon,” helium said.

“We person told our elder leaders to extremity the disorder arsenic it could harm the party’s prospects successful the coming elections. We person expressed this successful the past, too. Mr. Kharge listened to america patiently and ensured america that the disorder would beryllium cleared soon,” the KPCC moving president said.

To a query, helium said that the travel was not successful enactment of CM Siddaramaiah oregon DCM D.K. Shivakumar oregon immoderate different leader. He besides denied it arsenic baseless speculation.

Meanwhile, 1 of the leaders who accompanied him, said that the delegation included astir 5-6 legislators. The different radical that accompanied the PWD curate to New Delhi included presidents of 10-12 territory Bar Associations from the State. They visited the Advocates’ Chambers and Recreation Centre successful the Supreme Court and different recently built tribunal premises successful the nationalist capital. Their sojourn was unrelated to the enactment work, a section person said.

Published - February 22, 2026 05:37 p.m. IST

Read Entire Article