Senior Congress chief and ex Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah discovered himself in the midst of an argument after saying the names of 5 ‘candidates’ for subsequent 12 months’s Meeting election. The occasion’s state unit boss, DK Shivakumar, shut down any speak of Siddaramaiah saying nominees, saying solely the All India Congress Committee – the occasion’s central decision-making physique – is authorised to announce names of candidates.
Addressing a crowd in Karnataka’s Koppal district, Siddaramaiah named some candidates and urged individuals to vote for them subsequent 12 months. “Your entire votes have to be given to Shivaraj Thangadi in Kanakagiri, Vasavaraj Rayreddy in Yelburga, Iqbal Ansari in Gangavati, Raghavendra Hitnal in Koppal and Ameregowda Byapuri in Kushtagi,” he declared.
Siddaramaiah saying candidates’ names has strengthened rumors of a rift with Shivakumar, who mentioned earlier that any Congress member aspiring to be nominated may pay an utility charge and submit the required documentation, after which tickets could be allotted based mostly on a clear course of.
Talking to reporters on Monday, Shivakumar mentioned, “No person, together with me, has a proper to announce the names of candidates. He (Siddaramaiah) will need to have mentioned it to encourage (potential) candidates within the area to work onerous.”
“There’s a process in Congress whereas deciding on ultimate candidates and solely AICC is authorised to announce names of contesting candidates,” he mentioned.
The southern state will vote for a brand new goverment subsequent 12 months, as will a slew of others throughout the nation, together with Congress-ruled Rajasthan and a few in northeast India.