Senior Karnataka Congress chief and MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa has put his hat within the ring for the chief minister’s submit, saying he “will not again down” from contesting for the highest submit if that state of affairs arises.
“It’s the follow of the Excessive Command that whoever is supported by nearly all of the profitable legislators turns into the chief minister. If that state of affairs arises, even I’ll contest. I received’t again down,” the Congress MLA, 93, mentioned.
Shivashankarappa joins a listing of Congress leaders who’ve proven curiosity within the prime submit as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah battles allegations of corruption in reference to the alleged MUDA rip-off.
Whereas Karnataka Congress and ministers insist that Siddaramaiah will stay in his place, some occasion leaders have proven curiosity within the prime submit in case he steps down.
Senior leaders equivalent to MB Patil, RV Deshpande, Residence Minister G Parameshwara, and PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi have hinted that they might be concerned about holding the highest submit in case Siddaramaiah has to vacate his seat. However, leaders equivalent to Shivanand Patil have put their weight behind Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar in case such a state of affairs arises.
In the meantime, a group of Congress leaders have written to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, urging him to warn occasion members and state ministers towards publicly staking their declare on the chief minister’s submit.
Siddaramaiah is underneath the scanner over the alleged irregularities within the compensatory land allocation to his spouse by the Mysuru City Improvement Authority (MUDA) throughout his time period as Chief Minister.
The controversy centres on a 3.16-acre parcel of land in Kesaru village owned by Siddaramaiah’s spouse, Parvathi. This land was acquired by MUDA for growth of a structure and Parvathi was allotted 14 premium websites in Vijayanagar in 2022 as compensation underneath a 50:50 scheme.
Nonetheless, activists alleged that the plot allotted to Parvathi had the next property worth as in comparison with the placement of her land that was acquired by MUDA.