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Siddu Camp May Push for Dalit CM to Counter DKS
The New Indian Express Mysuru
|January 12, 2025
CLP meet scheduled for tomorrow; Sources say Siddaramaiah wants leader of his choice to succeed him as CM
FACTIONS within the ruling Congress have become active with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah convening the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting here on Monday.
The Siddaramaiah camp is likely to send out a message indirectly to the party high command that it is in favour of a Dalit CM.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil and Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy's meeting with Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Saturday assumes significance in view of the Siddaramaiah camp's move.
According to sources, their discussion revolved around Monday's CLP meeting.
As per the agreement reached in 2023, Siddaramaiah, who managed to become CM for the second time, committed to pass on the baton after completing two years of his tenure. Now, with the two-year tenure nearing, Siddaramaiah wants a leader of his choice to succeed him as CM, according to highly placed sources.
The way KPCC president Shivakumar objected to Siddaramaiah's leadership made the latter take this stand, the sources said. It is with this objective the CM had reportedly suggested Dr Parameshwara to hold a meeting of SC/ST legislators to create an opinion in favour of a Dalit CM. But Shivakumar allegedly got it shelved.
This story is from the January 12, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Mysuru.
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