Revenue Minister R Ashoka rejects Bommai’s replacement, challenges Cong to name its CM face
PTI, Aug 10, 2022, 11:33 AM IST
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Accusing the opposition Congress of unnecessarily raking up the issue of Karnataka Chief Minister replacement, to cover up the rift within, senior BJP leader and Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Wednesday challenged the grand old party to name its CM candidate for 2023 assembly polls.
Ruling out Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s replacement, he said BJP’s top leadership including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have already said that the election will be under Bommai’s leadership and the party will abide by it.
The Minister was reacting to Congress’ series of tweets on Tuesday speculating about Chief Minister Bommai being replaced and even calling him a ”Puppet CM”.
”To cover up their infighting that has come on to the streets, Congress is spreading false information that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be replaced. Congress has no base in the country, what rights do they have to speak about BJP’s leadership and CM change,” Ashoka said. Speaking to reporters, he said, Congress have not been able to appoint their party’s national president, and are today talking about Chief Minister change in the BJP government.
”Did Amit Shah or the Prime Minister tell you (about CM change)? Things have rotten within your own party because of your infighting, clear it first…..There will be neither CM change nor will BJP state President Nalin Kumar Kateel be replaced, we will go to polls under their leadership,” he added.
There has been some buzz on and off within the state BJP in recent times, regarding some kind of an overhaul including at the top level, especially after the recent visit of Amit Shah to the State.
Ashoka, further challenging the Congress party said, ”Our Chief Minister is Basavaraj Bommai, if you have guts, courage and morality will you be able to tell who is your Chief Minister candidate? Question yourself about it, you don’t have courage to announce, but you want to speak about others.” He also said that Congress fears getting split on making such an announcement into- Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar Congress.
Ashoka noted that the internal rift been Congress leaders like Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar, Mallikarjun Kharge, G Parameshwara and M B Patil, has come out in open after the Siddaramaiah’s 75th birthday event at Davangere. To counter Siddaramaiah’s event, Shivakumar is organising a march in the name of 75th independence day, to prove his strength, he said.
”It has also come to our notice that the native Congress leaders have held a meeting expressing their displeasure about Siddaramaiah’s birthday event ,” he said, adding that instead of going to flood affected areas Congress leaders are involved in such things.
Former BJP MLA B Suresh Gowda’s recent statement indicating some changes that the high command will take a call on replacing the Chief Minister and other matters in the interest of the party and to win the elections in future, had added to the speculations.
However, BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel rejected it by stating that Bommai would complete his tenure.
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