A day after Cooperation Minister Okay N Rajanna indicated that Public Works Division minister Satish Jarkiholi would be the subsequent Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief, Jarkiholi Sunday performed down the remarks.
Responding to media queries in Belagavi, Jarkiholi mentioned, “It may be his private opinion. He had mentioned it many instances. It’s not new. Allow us to look ahead to a choice.”
Rajanna had advised reporters Saturday {that a} management change within the state was inevitable, and Jarkiholi would take over because the KPCC chief within the coming days. His remarks got here after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, together with Cupboard ministers Jarkiholi, Dr H C Mahadevappa, and Okay J George, met All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge final week.
Jarkiholi mentioned that any resolution to vary the KPCC president was with the get together excessive command. On whether or not he would proceed as minister if appointed KPCC president, he mentioned that it was too early to remark. “We’ll focus on it in the event that they make me KPCC president,” he mentioned.
The feedback achieve significance forward of the go to of Randeep Singh Surjewala, AICC normal secretary in-charge of Karnataka, to the state on Monday.
Although there have been speculations about changing Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar as KPCC chief for over a 12 months, the Congress management is learnt to have delayed the choice.
Sources mentioned that Eshwar Khandre – who holds the Forest, Ecology and Surroundings portfolio – can be a front-runner to exchange the incumbent KPCC chief.