“After this election, I will quit electoral politics,” Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah said at an election rally in Mysuru’s Varuna on Wednesday. The former Chief Minister of Karnataka will contest from Varuna constituency only in the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections.
The Congress on Saturday released its third list of candidates for the 224-seat assembly elections. In the third list it was revealed that the former CM Siddaramaiah The Grand Old was dropped from contesting the election in Kolar by the party, as he had announced earlier, and the party fielded Kothurji Manjunath.
The Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka is expected to file his nomination for Varuna Assembly Constituency Today, April 19th. Congress returnee Jagadish Shettar today filed his nomination from the Hubli-Dharwad-Central assembly constituency.
The Karnataka assembly elections are to be held on May 10 and the results will be declared on May 13.
The former CM found himself at the bitter end of trouble last month when the Congress leader allegedly slapped a man who was allegedly part of a group of supporters demanding election tickets for the party MLA.
Earlier this week, a war of words broke out between Siddaramaiah and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar after the former claimed that at least 31 Indians were stranded in Khartoum in war-torn Sudan.
In a tweet fight, Jaishankar The reply said, “Just shocked by your tweet! There are lives at stake; don’t do politics. Since the fighting started on 14th April, the Indian Embassy in Khartoum is in constant touch with most of the Indian nationals and PIOs in Sudan.”
Siddaramaiah had posted a series of tweets saying, “It has been reported that 31 people from Karnataka, belonging to the Hakki Pikki tribe, are stranded in Sudan who are troubled by the civil war.”
The former Karnataka chief minister urged the Prime Minister’s Office, the Union Home Minister’s Office and the Ministry of External Affairs to “immediately intervene” and ensure the safe return of the Indians.
On Wednesday, the Congress also criticized Jaishankar and hit out at the Modi-led government at the Centre, saying it was a “catastrophic response” to a “genuine appeal” for aid.
The opposition party hit out at the Modi government over the issue, saying the problem with most ministers is that they are so eager to prove their loyalty to “their master and be his voice” that they have forgotten that they have done something. Took the oath of responsibilities.
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