Hubballi, Jan 2: Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar on Monday said the party high command will decide as to who the chief minister will be in the event of the party coming to power in the Assembly elections, likely by April-May.
“I wish good for media, people of the state for the New Year, I also wish good for all parties, but we (Congress) should get the power,” Shivakumar said.
Speaking to reporters here, in response to a question, he said, “It is not that I should become the chief minister, it will be decided by the high command. Mallikarjun Kharge (AICC President), Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi (former AICC Presidents) will decide. What ever they decide is like prasada.” With Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah too along with Shivakumar nursing chief ministerial ambitions in the event of the party coming to power in the state, there seems to be a game of political one-upmanship, between the two leaders as the election nears.
The Congress appears to be a divided house, with supporters of both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar often openly projecting their leaders as the next chief minister.
Calling the BJP “university of lies” on the Mahadayi river water issue, Shivakumar said, “for three-and-a half years they (BJP) couldn’t do any thing, despite their own government in Maharashtra they have taken most of our MLAs through ‘Operation Lotus’ in Goa and are in power there too, as they did here in Karnataka.”
“Who is going to stop you (Karnataka government) from taking up work within your state, with your money,” he questioned the ruling BJP.
Condemning the “delay” by the BJP government in getting the necessary approvals for the Mahadayi project, the Congress today is holding a massive rally in Hubballi to highlight the issue.
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