Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Wednesday hugged party veteran Siddaramaiah on his 75th birthday in a public display of unity and harmony. Rahul Gandhi to express happiness.
Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah are considered to be the frontrunners for the chief minister’s post if the Congress comes to power after the assembly elections to be held in April-May next year. Though both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar have said on record that the CM will be decided by the party’s newly elected MLAs and high command if they secure majority in the elections, their loyalists and supporters are projecting their leader, adding to the unease in the party.
Speaking at a mega event to celebrate his birthday, Siddaramaiah said the talk of a rift between him and Shivakumar is “confusion and construction” of the opposition parties.
“Shivakumar and I are together. There is no difference between us”, he said. In his speech, Shivakumar said that the Congress has decided to contest the assembly elections under collective leadership. At an event organized after Shivakumar wished former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on his 75th birthday and hugged him in the presence of Rahul Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi said, “Today, I am happy to see Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar hugging each other on stage. Hui.”
Gandhi said that Shivakumar has done tremendous work for the Congress organization. Virtually sounding the election bugle, he said: “The Congress party is completely united to defeat the BJP and the RSS in Karnataka.”
Gandhi said that when the Congress comes to power, it will give a “clean and honest” government that will work for the future of the state and will not spread hatred. Referring to three murders with an alleged communal tinge in the state’s coastal region in the past few days, he said such violence had not happened in Karnataka earlier.
“When we ask people in the United States what they think of Karnataka today, they will tell you that Karnataka has never seen the kind of violence it faces today,” he said. “They will tell you that when Congress was in power, Karnataka was in harmony,” Gandhi said. Wishing Siddaramaiah on his birthday, he said: “He is a man who looks younger when he grows up”.
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