New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that the 2023 Assembly elections in Karnataka will be fought under the leadership of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
The statement is significant as it comes amid the Congress’s relentless attack on Bommai.puppet chief,
BJP’s national general secretary and party’s Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh said there was no truth in the speculation that the Congress would oust Bommai.
“As a in charge (in charge) I am telling you this and you trust my statement. I have said 100 percent that we will fight the next election under Bommai’s leadership. He is a common man, he is doing great work for farmers, youth, SC, ST and we will come back with full majority. Our target is 150 seats and we will achieve that too.
“It is nothing but a thing created by Congress leaders DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah as they have no other issue. Congress is a leaderless party, they have no issue to raise. He has no agenda against BJP. So with a plan they are trying to make such an issue that the CM is being changed. But there is no truth in this,” Singh said.
His statement comes at a time when talk of a change of leadership in the Karnataka government has created confusion among party workers ahead of the crucial assembly elections.
There was a coalition government of Congress and JD(S) in the state. 14 months It collapsed after the 2018 state assembly election, but in 2019 after the loss of a no-confidence vote, paving the way for the formation of the BJP government.
CM Bommai had recently come under the target of BJP leadership. the killing Praveen Nettar, a youth leader in Dakshina Kannada district. Soon, BJP minister Umesh Katti suggested that he would be in the race for chief minister, if that happens. change in chief minister’s post,
Meanwhile, a section of BJP leaders also believed that even though Singh has said that Bommai will not be replaced, it seems inevitable.
‘Congress trying to create confusion’
Speculations of change of guard gained momentum after the recent visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Karnataka.
The Congress, which is the principal opposition in the state, has fueled rumors of a change of leadership through several posts on social media platforms including Twitter. Earlier this month, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also visited Karnataka to participate in several programs and election planning.
Singh hit out at the Congress and said the opposition, which is a divided house, was trying to make an issue out of nothing.
“Congress is a divided house and they are not on the ground, they are just trying to create confusion. Congress party believes in conspiracy in Karnataka.