The Karnataka Congress is witnessing a full blown infighting over ‘parivarwaad’. A number of legislators and leaders are up in arms in opposition to Karnataka Minister KH Muniyappa and the candidate for the Kolar Lok Sabha seat. Muniyappa was reportedly assured of the Kolar seat for his son-in-law KG Chikka Peddanna by the Congress excessive command.
Amid these studies, 4 MLAs and two MLCs from Kolar district, together with Karnataka Increased Schooling Minister Dr MC Sudhakar, have threatened to resign from the membership of the legislature if Muniyappa’s son-in- legislation is given the ticket. State Congress MLAs KY Nanjegowda, SN Narayanswamy and Kothur G Manjunath are additionally amongst those that have threatened to resign.
In actual fact, two MLCs, Naseer Ahmed and M L Anil Kumar, met the legislative council chairman BS Horatti on Wednesday with their resignation letters of their palms. However Chief Minister Siddaramaiah satisfied them to not press for his or her resignation till he reached Bengaluru from Mysuru. Former Karnataka speaker Ramesh Kumar, who not too long ago misplaced from the Srinivaspura meeting seat in Kolar, can be in opposition to Muniyappa’s demand. Ramesh Kumar and Muniyappa had been at loggerheads because the Meeting elections final yr.
The competition of the protesting legislators is that Muniyappa holds a ministerial submit and his daughter, Roopakala, can be an MLA. She was additionally given the chairmanship of a state board not too long ago.
“Giving the Lok Sabha seat additionally to his son-in-law is an excessive amount of. We can not have each member of 1 household getting so many posts. We’re eager on a candidate who hails from the Proper Sect of the Scheduled Caste neighborhood that represent 3.8 lakh voters,” one of many dissenting leaders advised News18 on the situation of anonymity.
Dr MC Sudhakar, explaining why he supplied to resign, mentioned that he had suffered as a result of politics performed out by Muniyappa and his household. He added that regardless of being a 5 time MLA, Sudhakar’s father needed to face the brunt of his politics.
“I used to be additionally troubled and I had appealed to the social gathering excessive command again and again. This gentleman (Muniyappa) was an MP and a central minister, our phrases weren’t revered. I’ve no points with the social gathering excessive command. I’ve the best regard, but his phrase was taken and never ours,” the state minister alleged. He added that Muniyappa would “encourage dissidence within the constituency.”
“He would align with my opponents, with all this stuff, I received fed up and supplied to depart the social gathering. Although I used to be supplied a ticket twice, I refused and contested as an Impartial. The ache I’ve gone by can’t be expressed,” the Karnataka minister mentioned.
One might recall that within the 2019 parliamentary elections, the identical group of dissenting Congress leaders had teamed collectively to immediately work in opposition to KH Muniyappa whereas extending their help to then sitting MP S Muniswamy. This led to Muniyappa’s defeat, the primary in his political profession.
One other MLA, Manjunath, advised News18, “We’re not going to just accept any strain techniques from KH Muniyappa. The social gathering has given him sufficient and we should always work for the social gathering and never for a household.”
Minister Muniyappa and his son-in-law hail from the Left Sect of the Scheduled Caste. The riot within the Congress is linked to the interior dynamics inside the Dalit neighborhood within the state. The scheduled castes in Karnataka are divided into Dalit Proper and Dalit Left sects. The protesting Congress leaders and MLAs need a candidate from the Dalit Proper to be given a ticket this time from Kolar .
There are greater than 4 lakh SC (Proper) voters in Kolar district and the neighborhood wants illustration, say leaders from the social gathering. They’ve instructed the title of SC (Proper) chief CM Muniyappa because the ‘rightful’ aspirant for the Kolar Lok Sabha seat. One other title that’s being pitched for a similar seat is that of former Rajya Sabha MP L Hanumanthaiah.
By the way, the Left Sect is bigger in quantity within the Gulbarga constituency the place Radhakrishna Doddamani, son-in-law of AICC president Mallikarjuna Kharge is the social gathering candidate and KH Muniyappa is alleged to have a greater join with the SC (Left) voters.
Hectic negotiations have been happening because the developments and the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his troubleshooter colleague DK Shivakumar are anticipated to fulfill the MLAS later immediately to iron out variations and handle their considerations. A late night time assembly of the disgruntled legislators with CM Siddaramaiah didn’t happen as he was in Mysuru.
“I’ll name and communicate to the leaders. This occurs in politics. I’ll meet the Kolar leaders this night. I’ll communicate to them once I attain Bangalore,” Siddaramaiah mentioned on Thursday.
“Nobody will give resignation, there’s a strain from their facet. The ticket has not been introduced but, we’ll take a call this night. The social gathering will work on successful the primary seat, we’ll work collectively. Congress social gathering is not going to give prominence for any particular person’s status,” DK Shivakumar mentioned.
“Regardless of the Congress social gathering decides, I’ll abide by it. After they (dissenting MLAs) defected, I appealed to the excessive command. But they had been taken again into the social gathering and given ministries. Nonetheless, I stood by the social gathering as I needed the Congress to type the federal government and save the folks of this state. I stored quiet. And now I’ll abide by regardless of the excessive command decides,” mentioned Minister Muniyappa.
Muniyappa has beforehand served as a member of the Lok Sabha for almost three many years representing the Kolar Lok Sabha constituency. He was additionally a union minister in each UPA governments and held vital portfolios like Railways and Transport on the time. He not too long ago gained from the Devanahalli meeting constituency, having misplaced the 2019 LS polls.
