BENGALURU : Although his colleagues insist chief minister Siddaramaiah has the backing of celebration brass in Delhi, hypothesis is mounting over the silence of Rahul Gandhi, opposition chief within the Lok Sabha and former Congress president, on the political developments in Karnataka.
Since Saturday, when governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot gave the nod to permit Siddaramaiah to be prosecuted for alleged corruption whereas his household secured different websites from Mysore City Growth Authority, Rahul has neither condemned nor supplied help to the embattled backward lessons chief.
The Siddaramaiah embroglio had come up throughout preliminary reactions to the RG Kar Medical School rape and homicide case in Kolkata. Rahul had responded to the incident, saying: “I stand with the sufferer’s household on this insufferable ache. They need to get justice in any respect prices. The try to avoid wasting the accused as a substitute of offering justice to the sufferer raises severe questions on the hospital and the native administration.”
Slighted by these feedback, Trinamool Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh posted on X, “So, Rahul ji, will you ask your CM to resign? It is a gross allegation of corruption.” Rahul has not reacted to the jibe.
However it isn’t simply Rahul. Nationwide Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who was in Bengaluru when the governor granted sanction, appeared to have been caught off guard by the event. “I’m not aware of governor’s sanction. I’ll remark solely after consulting attorneys,” Kharge stated.
It was not misplaced on Siddaramaiah’s supporters that whereas Kharge later criticised the NDA govt led by Narendra Modi for allegedly concentrating on non-BJP dominated states via governors, he didn’t supply any ethical help to Siddaramaiah.
The CM and his deputy DK Shivakumar are scheduled to satisfy Rahul and different celebration brass in Delhi in a few days to make clear the accusations. Siddaramaiah will transfer to persuade the excessive command to permit him to proceed as CM even when an FIR is lodged in opposition to him. It stays to be seen how Rahul will reply.
For now, Siddaramaiah has staunch help of his colleagues. A minister stated: “If the excessive command doesn’t again Siddaramaiah, the opposition might try and destabilise our govt. BJP might additionally goal the Telangana govt.”
Siddaramaiah’s son and MLC, Yathindra, echoed these considerations, whereas deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar, who has been eyeing the CM’s put up, has publicly stood by Siddaramaiah, insisting that the backward lessons chief will function CM for a full five-year time period.
Saleem Ahmed, MLC and chief whip within the legislative council, stated: “Siddaramaiaji has the total backing of the celebration excessive command. He’ll go to Delhi quickly to appraise brass.”
