BENGALURU: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday said that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will continue for the full term and the upcoming polls will take place under the guidance of B S Yediyurappa.
“There has been no discussion regarding a change of Chief Minister in the BJP-led government. Basavaraj Bommai will continue as CM for the full term. The upcoming Assembly election will be held under the guidance of B S Yediyurappa, and under the leadership of Bommai,” Kateel said.
Reacting to the Congress’s tweet about Bommai’s ouster, he highlighted that Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were facing investigation by the Enforcement Directorate and recently, KPCC president D K Shivakumar has got bail from court. Kateel alleged that Congress was creating confusion like this to hide it all.
“Congress has tweeted this to save the party by hiding its scandals that have come out, the confusion about the chief ministerial candidate is in the Congress, they are discussing to make a Dalit the chief minister of the state,” he said.
“After the Siddaramaotsava, there has been a lot of internal fighting in Congress. Senior politicians like K B Koliwad have created a situation where Siddaramaiah was scolded. The debate about who will be the next Chief Minister is increasing. Congress tweeted that there will be a third chief minister in the state government to cover its internal conflicts, street fights and confusions of the party,” Kateel said.
Asserting that the Congress’ position will be known after the results of the Assembly elections, he further said, “Congress will not play the game of creating confusion. Let it resolve its internal confusion first and face the elections together.”
Earlier, referring to the current political developments in the state and in the BJP , the Congress in a series of tweets took jibes at the government and said that the state appears set to see a third Chief Minister after Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Bengaluru last week.
The Congress said that the Bommai government, which has not been able to conduct its first-anniversary “Janotsva”, will soon see its end.
The Congress had said that it appears that Bommai is counting the hours to leave the chair and asked Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, “Dear Bommai, the ‘sword fight’ for the CM has been started. What is the reason for the change of CM, is it your administrative failure, a fight between leaders, or is it B S Yediyurappa’s anger?”
These comments from Congress came a day after former BJP MLA B Suresh Gowda claimed that the party’s top leadership was considering replacing Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. He had said, “The Chief Minister might get replaced before Independence Day. There have been talks in the party.”
The Opposition Congress, taking a dig at Bommai, tweeted, “40% government is likely to see a third Chief Minister.” In another tweet, the party said that “the puppet CM Bommai is on his way out.” (ANI)