I bowed to Gandhis, Kharge: DK Shivakumar on not given CM publish

Congress chief DK Shivakumar has lastly spoken about taking the place of Karnataka’s deputy chief minister numerous weeks after being chosen for the place. He acknowledged that on the advice of Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, and Congress nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge, he chosen to give up the race for the office of the chief minister and to practise persistence instead. After Congress obtained the Karnataka elections, there was a contest between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar for the publish of CM, nevertheless ultimately the get collectively chosen Siddaramaiah. While DK Shivakumar was made the deputy CM.

The 61-year-old, who moreover acquired the plum portfolios of Bengaluru City Development and Water Resources, visited his constituency to specific his gratitude to voters. “You voted for me in large numbers to make me the chief minister, but what to do? A decision was made. Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge gave me some advice. I had to bow my head to their words,” he shared whereas addressing a public meeting.

He added, “I have to be patient. But the wish of God and the wish of all you people will never fall flat. Let’s be patient. That’s all I can say now.”

He moreover talked to the residents in Shivanahalli, Kalahalli and Harohalli. His chief ministerial aspirations as soon as extra acquired right here up Kalahalli. “From the point of view of bagging the chief minister’s post, people in the entire Old Mysuru region expressed their pride. But nobody needs to be disappointed,” he remarked.

The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president positioned himself as the next Vokkaliga CM of the Congress after SM Krishna (1999-2004) inside the run-up to the May 10 state election. He personally requested the people to help his bid for the publish.

Government formation in Karnataka ultimate month was preceded by numerous frantic negotiations between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar and the get collectively hierarchy in New Delhi. After Congress obtained 135 of the 224 seats inside the newest assembly election the outcomes of which had been declared on May 13 every the two state Congress leaders confronted intense rivalry for the place of chief minister.

He argued that since he had labored laborious to revitalise the get collectively inside the state and acquire a strong victory, he ought to be granted the publish. Additionally, he asserted that within the newest assembly elections, the Vokkaligas, who had beforehand supported the Janata Dal (Secular), had flipped their allegiance and supported him and the Congress, securing one of the best vote complete for the get collectively inside the Old Mysuru house.

He thanked the residents of his house for his or her warmth reception and current of help and impressed them to start making preparation for the panchayat elections. “I have come here to thank you and to take your blessings.” The largest margin inside the state, 1.22 lakh votes, determined his victory in Kanakapura.