Siddaramaiah Has Chance To Be Chief Minister Once Again, Says His Son

He said that he has personally requested his father to contest from Varuna seat.

Mysore:

Amid growing demand from Siddaramaiah’s camp in the Karnataka Congress to project him as the party’s chief ministerial face for the 2023 assembly polls, his son and Varuna MLA today asserted that his father once again has There is a chance to become the Chief Minister.

Yatindra Siddaramaiah also urged his father to contest from his Varuna assembly constituency, as the constituency has been lucky for the former chief minister, and also the elections due by May next year are likely to be the 75-year-old’s last.

“Now there is a possibility of him (Siddaramaiah) becoming the chief minister. Whenever he has contested from Varuna in the past, he has power. He may get it this time also, so we wish that he will contest from here (Varuna),” he said. contest the elections.” ),” Yatindra said in response to a question.

Talking to reporters here, he said that he has personally requested his father to contest from Varuna seat and this is also “my demand from him”.

He said, “My father has not yet decided from where to contest. Political leaders and party workers from different constituencies are asking him to contest from their constituencies. He is safe and he can win from anywhere.” ,

The Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly is harboring chief ministerial ambitions in case the Congress comes to power in the state in the 2023 assembly elections, and his supporters and well-wishers have time and again tried to project him as the face of the party. Have done , which included his 75th birthday bash earlier this year.

State Congress president DK Shivakumar also has similar ambitions, and with his supporters also trying to project him as the CM face, the two leaders are caught in a political back game, which has become a matter of concern for the party. Gone before voting.

“The Vokkaliga community has a huge opportunity this time which should not be lost,” Shivakumar had recently told a prominent Vokkaliga community meeting.

Stating that Siddaramaiah should contest from Varuna as 2023 would be his last election, Yatindra said, Varuna has been lucky for him as he became the Leader of the Opposition and then the Chief Minister when he represented the constituency in the past. was.

He also clarified that if Siddaramaiah decides to contest from Varuna, he will not contest from anywhere else, and will work in the constituency on behalf of his father.

The Congress Legislature Party leader currently represents the Badami region of Bagalkot district in the northern parts of the state, and has indicated that he may seek re-election, citing his inability to devote more time to the people of the constituency and party workers. Can’t contest elections from there. ,

Yet to decide on the constituency, the former CM has been claiming that he has been under pressure to contest from Badami, Varuna, Hebbal, Kolar, Koppal and Chamarajpet, among others. From his recent visit to Kolar, it is being speculated that he may consider contesting from there.

Siddaramaiah, the then chief minister (2013-18), was defeated by JD(S) GT Deve Gowda in Chamundeshwari in 2018. However, he won the other constituency, Badami, from where he contested by defeating B. Sriramulu of the BJP.

Making his debut in the Legislative Assembly in 1983, Siddaramaiah was elected from Chamundeshwari on a Lok Dal party ticket. He has won from this seat five times and has tasted defeat thrice.

After neighboring Varuna became a constituency in 2008 following delimitation, Siddaramaiah represented it until vacating the seat for his son Yatindra in the 2018 assembly elections and moved back to his old constituency Kamandeshwari.

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