BengaluruOctober 24, 2025 09:47 AM IST
First printed on: Oct 24, 2025 at 09:45 AM IST
Shut on the heels of feedback by Congress MLC and CM Siddaramaiah’s son Yathindra that Karnataka Public Works Division minister Satish Jarkiholi ought to succeed Siddaramaiah, the minister has maintained that he has no such aspirations till the following elections. The MLC needed me to succeed because the ‘Ahinda chief’ after Siddaramaiah and never because the CM, Jarkiholi stated Thursday, including that there was no query of fixing CM till Siddaramaiah was lively.
A day earlier, talking at an occasion in Raibag, Belagavi district, Yathindra had stated that his father “is within the ultimate phases of his political life. At such a juncture, there ought to be a frontrunner to information and lead others in the direction of rational and progressive ideologies. Jarkiholi will take that duty,” he stated.
The assertion was seen within the mild of the ceaseless hypothesis over change of CM in Karnataka, and that the Siddaramaiah camp was placing its weight behind the chief from Valmiki group who can be an ardent follower of the CM. Jarkiholi, responding to the identical, stated that Yathindra was pitching him to be the following ‘Ahinda’ (Alpasankyatharu, Hindulidavaru and Dalitaru — a coalition of Dalit, minority and backward communities) chief.
“I’ve already stated prior to now that I’d stake declare for CM submit after the 2028 polls,” he stated, noting that there have been discussions on who would succeed Siddaramaiah as Ahinda chief within the occasion. “When the time is correct, we are going to get the reply,” Jarkiholi informed reporters.
Referring to the context of Yathindra’s remarks, Jarkiholi stated that the MLC was talking at a gathering of the Ahinda group when he stated that his father was on the ultimate phases of his political profession. “He needed me to be the Ahinda chief. Changing into CM is later. Somebody has to take the (Ahinda) management function,” he stated.
Siddaramaiah is amongst the leaders in Karnataka who pushed for an Ahinda block to politically tackle the dominant communities corresponding to Vokkaligas and Lingayats. He was expelled from JD(S) in 2005 after holding a number of rallies for Ahinda consolidation throughout the state. Jarkiholi was among the many leaders who stop JD(S) in solidarity with Siddaramaiah and has remained within the Congress since.
Dy CM D Okay Shivakumar, who is taken into account a contender to both substitute or succeed Siddaramaiah as the following CM, informed reporters Thursday that he did wish to react to the feedback by Yathindra. “I’ll reply at an acceptable time,” he stated.
In the meantime, Shivakumar loyalist and Ramanagar MLA Iqbal Hussain stated that Yathindra mustn’t have made such feedback. “I request him to not create confusion…. Shivakumar is main the occasion effectively and taking it forward. Such statements don’t augur properly to anybody,” he stated, including that Yathindra ought to think about his limits whereas talking.
Satish Jarkiholi represents Yemkanmardi constituency in Belagavi district, his fourth consecutive time period. He was a front-runner for the KPCC chief’s submit being held by Dy CM Shivakumar. Thought-about an influence centre inside a piece of the state Congress, he instructions loyalty from a number of backward communities, particularly the ST group from which he belongs.
Two of his brothers are BJP MLAs and former ministers — Ramesh Jarkiholi and Balachandra Jarkiholi — whereas one other Lakhan Jarkiholi was elected as an impartial MLC in 2021.