Karnataka Well being Minister Ok Sudhakar on Wednesday, claimed that former Karnataka CM and Congress chief Siddaramaiah is being “misled” to contest from Kolar, and he’ll lose if contests from that seat within the upcoming state meeting elections.
Chatting with the media in Kolar, Sudhakar stated, “Some native leaders within the district try to convey Siddaramaiah to contest in Kolar for their very own profit. In line with me in the end Siddaramaiah is not going to contest in Kolar and can selected Varuna.”
“We are going to work exhausting and attempt to win in all constituencies of Kolar, Chikkaballapur and Bengaluru Rural districts. Even when Siddaramaiah contests in Kolar we’ll guarantee our celebration candidate will win right here,” he added.
He stated that he give up the Congress celebration as a result of he was upset with Congress getting into an “unholy” alliance with JDS.
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“Siddaramaiah very nicely is aware of the explanation why I give up Congress. I used to be upset when Congress entered into an unholy alliance with JDS. I joined BJP with a dedication to ideas and beliefs and never for greed of energy,” he stated.
He accused Siddaramaiah of losing his political profession by becoming a member of Congress for the “sake of energy”.
“When the Congress-JDS alliance govt was fashioned in 2018, Siddaramaiah had vowed that HD Kumaraswamy is not going to be allowed to proceed as CM even for a single day after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. However later he bought able to let him rule for 5 years. That is after I determined to give up Congress. Folks of Chikkaballapur revered my resolution and voted for me within the bypolls,” Sudhakar stated.
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Reacting to the CAG report, the Karnataka minister has stated that the report has identified monetary irregularities of about ₹35,000 crores between 2013-18.
“So far as Congress’ allegations on Covid spending is worried, it’s grossly false and baseless. I’ve replied to every allegation on the ground of the home however Congress had no face to hearken to fact and ran away from the home. I’m able to launch a white paper on Covid administration expenditure. Our authorities has restored Lokayukta with full powers. If they’ve proof they need to complain to Lokayukta,” he additional stated.
Reacting to Anil Antony’s resignation from Congress, Sudhakar stated that the episode has “uncovered” Congress.
“Anil Antony had tweeted concerning the BBC documentary within the curiosity of the nation. Congress couldn’t digest this as a result of he took pro-India stand. The best way Congress behaved with him resulting in his resignation from the celebration has uncovered Congress’ double requirements on freedom of speech,” he stated.