 "Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar")
Karnataka Congress President D Okay Shivakumar
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar claimed on Wednesday a number of leaders from opposition events might be becoming a member of the ruling Congress within the coming days, and that he doesn’t need to reveal the “secret” now.
He additionally didn’t rule out the opportunity of “insurgent” BJP MLAs S T Somashekar and Arabail Shivaram Hebbar becoming a member of Congress.
“Why take simply two-three names?” Shivakumar requested reporters right here, in response to a query on whether or not Somashekar and Hebbar are becoming a member of the Congress.
He subsequently nodded his head in settlement, when requested whether or not extra folks might be becoming a member of the occasion.
Requested if MLAs from different events might be becoming a member of Congress, he stated, “How can I reveal the secrets and techniques?”
Hebbar, MLA from Yellapur, didn’t flip up for the voting regardless of a celebration whip, citing well being grounds, whereas Yeshwanthpur MLA Somashekhar cross-voted in favour of Congress within the title of “conscience”, throughout the polls to 4 seats of Rajya Sabha from Karnataka on February 27, in a humiliation to the BJP.
Somashekhar and Hebbar have been earlier within the Congress. They have been amongst 17 Congress-JD(S) legislators, who had stop from their events, which finally led to the collapse of the then H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition authorities in July, 2019. That they had subsequently received the bypolls on BJP ticket and served as Ministers within the earlier saffron occasion authorities.
Shivakumar and several other different Congress leaders have earlier too made claims about extra BJP and JD(S) leaders becoming a member of the occasion, particularly within the run as much as the Lok Sabha polls.
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First Printed: Mar 06 2024 | 2:55 PM IST
