NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief ministerSiddaramaiah on Friday dismissed experiences that his son Yathindra Siddaramaiah had named a successor, saying the remarks had been “twisted” and that Yathindra had merely spoken about ideas.“I spoke to him (Yathindra) and requested what precisely he had stated. He advised me he spoke solely about ideas and didn't say that ‘so-and-so' ought to change into chief minister,” Siddaramaiah advised reporters in Bengaluru, as quoted by PTI.The clarification got here after Yathindra's assertion earlier this week stirred hypothesis inside the Congress over the management query in Karnataka. Talking at Chikkodi in Belagavi district on Wednesday, Yathindra had stated, “He (Siddaramaiah) is on the fag finish of his political life. At such a time, a pacesetter is required to information and lead those that have progressive considering, ideologically.” He went on to reward Minister Satish Jarkiholi as a pacesetter with comparable ideological dedication, calling him a “function mannequin” for younger politicians.The remarks had been extensively interpreted as an try to undertaking Jarkiholi as Siddaramaiah's political successor, amid renewed hypothesis that deputy chief minister D Okay Shivakumar may take excessive submit in November as a part of a casual “rotational chief minister” understanding reached in 2023. Siddaramaiah, nonetheless, has repeatedly stated he intends to finish his full five-year time period.When requested why such statements had been being made at a delicate time, the chief minister retorted, “You individuals don't stay quiet and preserve asking such questions regardless of saying ‘no'.”Deputy chief minister Shivakumar, in the meantime, shunned commenting instantly on Yathindra's remarks. “I'm not going to talk now, however I'll communicate to whomever it's that needs to be spoken to,” he advised reporters, when requested if disciplinary motion was being thought of.Earlier, two Congress MLAs — H D Ranganath and H A Iqbal Hussain — had been served notices for suggesting that Shivakumar ought to change into chief minister. Yathindra later clarified that there was no dialogue inside the occasion a few management change, calling the experiences “mere hypothesis.”
