CM Siddaramaiah: Prajwal Revanna episode will not affect outcome of Council, LS polls

MYSURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the sex scandal involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna will not affect the Legislative Council and Lok Sabha election outcome in the state and added that voters are aware of what is right and wrong.

Responding to a question, the CM said that the BJP’s alliance with the JD(S) will not have any effect on the election. The CM said that the voters are aware of what is right and wrong. He said that they can compare the achievements of the central government and the achievements of our government. On campaigning for elections in other states, he said that he has received an invitation to campaign.

The @BJP4Karnataka leaders stop worrying about our government. We will complete the five-year term securely. BJP leaders should focus on their party.

Discontented BJP leaders who were denied tickets for the Lok Sabha elections are fuming over the injustice done to them. It will…

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) May 14, 2024

Reacted sharply to his Maharashtra counterpart Eknath Shinde’s remark that the Congress government in Karnataka will collapse after the Lok Sabha election, Siddaramaiah said that instead of talking about the collapse of his government, Shinde should save his government from collapsing.

“Instead of talking about our government, let him (Eknath Shinde) first save his government. There is no infighting in our party. If that was the case, we would not have been able to work together in the Lok Sabha elections”, Siddaramaiah told reporters here.

The CM said that statements like Shinde’s are politically motivated. He said that the political atmosphere in Karnataka is favourable to the Congress. “The Congress party has taken the Lok Sabha election seriously. For that reason, the candidates were selected six months in advance. The candidates got time and got an opportunity to meet the voters”, he said.

Voting for 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka was held in two phases. While 14 seats were polled on April 26, the remaining 14 voted on May 7. The counting of votes is scheduled for June 4. In the 2019 elections, the BJP almost swept the state by winning 25 out of 28 seats. The Congress and JD(S), who were in coalition in the state government, could only win one seat each. (ANI)