No confusion over CM’s post in Cong.; Siddaramaiah will inaugurate Dasara, says Mahadevappa

Clarifying that there was no confusion over the Chief Minister post in Karnataka in the Congress, Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa on Sunday said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the Dasara festival this year.

About the claim made by the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok that Mr. Siddaramaiah will not remain at the helm in the State by Dasara, Mr. Mahadevappa said Mr. Siddaramaiah will continue as the Chief Minister, and the Congress will complete its full five years in office.

He hit out at Mr. Ashok saying that he was not the Congress High Command to predict a change of leadership in the Congress government in the State. He was only a leader of the Opposition in the BJP.

About the reported statement by MLA for Ramanagara Iqbal Hussain that an agreement had been reached to make Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar as the Chief Minister in the coming months, Mr. Mahadevappa said he had no information about such an agreement and the report could be speculative.

Regarding the BJP’s statements on the change of Chief Minister, Mr. Mahadevappa said the condition of the BJP was like somebody waiting for a passing elephant to fall. “The elephant will not fall, and the BJP will not stop waiting for the elephant to fall,” he said.