Bengaluru: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President D. K. Shivakumar called upon his party colleagues and said, “Our focus should be winning the 2023 Assembly polls and not on who would be the Chief Ministerial candidate.”Responding to media persons’ query on his reaction to Chamarajpet MLA, B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan’s assertions that he would like to address Siddaramaiah as ‘future CM’, Shivakumar said that some people may express personal opinions, but all that won’t be allowed. He stressed that the party central leaders too have said this and being the KPCC president he is saying this now.
He urged that in order for the party to come to power in 2023, everyone will have to work together as a single unit. “Who does not have aspirations? Be it Siddaramaiah, Mallikarjun Kharge, G Parameshwara and like me several others too have aspirations and expectations. But at present, our duty is not about who should become CM. Our duty is to bring the Congress to power,” the KPCC president added.
(Inputs from IANS)
