No MLA will quit Congress & join BJP: Siddaramaiah

Team Udayavani, May 10, 2019, 6:24 PM IST

Bengaluru: Asserting that the Congress-JD(S) coalition government will be stable, coordination committee chief and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said no MLA would leave the grand old party and go with the BJP.

“BJP people are lying; no MLA will go with them…. the government that is there will be stable,” Siddaramaiah told reporters in Kalburgi district.

Alleging that Yeddyurappa has “lust” for power, he said “he had to resign in three days as Chief Minister. He should be ashamed, but still, he is claiming repeatedly that he will become Chief Minister, 20 MLAs will come. From where will they come?”

Siddaramaiah’s response came following Yeddyurappa’s statement that the longevity of the Congress-JDS coalition government in the state would depend on the stand taken by about 20 “disgruntled” Congress legislators after the Lok Sabha poll results on May 23.