Bengaluru: The disciplinary committee of the Karnataka Congress has urged its leaders and workers to desist from making public statements about the party's future state leadership after some of them expressed divergent views on who would head the government if the party comes to power.
This comes especially after the names of legislature party leader Siddaramaiah and party’s state unit president D K Shivakumar are being touted to be the next chief ministerial candidate by their supporters. The committee felt it would be wise to leave this issue to be discussed when the relevant question of leadership arises, a party release said.
The tenure of the current BJP government is till 2023."In a meeting held on November 5, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, KPCC Disciplinary Action Committee noted with concern the differing views being expressed by leaders of the party on the question of the future leadership of the legislature party," Committee Chairman K Rahman Khan said in the release. He said that the committee requested all the elected representatives, leaders, office-bearers and workers of the party to desist from such public statements in the interest of party unity.
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"It would be better if party leaders and workers engage themselves in organising the party and work with an aim to bring the party to power in the interest of our state," Khan added.
Former Minister and Member of Legislative Assembly Zameer Ahmed Khan has recently said Siddaramaiah will be the Chief Minister once again while a few of his party colleagues, including Rajya Sabha Members G C Chandrashekhar, MLA Sowmya Reddy, and Hanumantharayappa had reportedly claimed that Shivakumar will occupy the top post on Congress coming to power.
