Mysuru: Former Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy said he feels pity on Opposition Party Leader Siddaramaiah’s present condition.
Speaking to mediapersons after visiting the spot of valedictory function of JD (S) Pancharatna Rath Yatra on outskirts of City on Tuesday March 21 he said that Siddaramaiah was Chief Minister for five years, Deputy Chief Minister twice and has presented 13 budgets as State Finance Minister, and yet cannot find a safe Assembly Constituency.
He said he would not criticise Siddaramaiah’s condition but felt pity on him. He said this is a situation created by an experienced politician. He said the Pancharatna Rath Yatra valedictory ceremony stage is being prepared in an area of about 100 acres. 10 lakh people will participate in this programme, he said and added that the campaign for the 2023 Assembly elections will officially begin.
He said “I congratulate Adi Chunchanagiri Matha Pontiff Nirmalananda Swamiji for calling the people who were making unnecessary discussions about the Vokkaliga warriors Urigowda and Nanjegowda issue and the people who were going to make a movie. I will not talk about this. “We are ahead in five out of six constituencies in Kolar District. If Kolar wins, we will win. Kumaraswamy commented on Siddaramaiah withdrawing from the Kolar Contest saying that Siddaramaiah may have withdrawn by naming the High Command,” he said.
“Deve Gowda has already held a meeting of local MLAs and MPs on who will be Hassan’s candidate. A second list has been prepared and the name of Hassan’s candidate will be there in that list. I, H. D. Deve Gowda and Ibrahim will sit together and select a good candidate. There is no doubt, Rajegowda’s name has also been proposed for Hassan,” he said.
“JD (S) has also requested the Election Commission to conduct the upcoming Assembly elections in one phase, and there is a doubt that whether transparent elections will be held in the State. Only a few parties are told to hold transparent elections,” Kumaraswamy noted.
Answering the question that Kumaraswamy will contest from two constituencies he said, “There is no question of me contesting the elections from two constituencies. It is a lie that I will file nomination papers in Mandya. I will not contest anywhere except Channapattana, Kumaraswamy clarified and added that he has already completed the election campaign in Channapattana. He said that we will field a candidate for the next election in Kanakapura and win Kanakapura as well.
On 26th, Deve Gowda has planned to do a road show from Bengaluru to Mysuru. However, the road show has been cancelled due to doctor’s advice. He said that we will conduct a road show only in Chamundeshwari constituency. I welcome that Actress Ramya is entering the State politics again. I don’t mind her contesting in Channapattana and other constituencies. Film actors and actresses naturally have popularity. She can contest from 30 constituencies, we don’t mind,” he answered to the journalist’s question.
“Congress has released its fourth guarantee card. This is not a guarantee card, but a duplicate card. They don’t revealwhere they get the money for these projects. They are only issuing guarantee cards,” he said and he lashed out at the Congress saying that many people have lost and retired after the election.
