Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra on Friday dismissed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s allegations that the state BJP was attempting to poach ‘50 Congress MLAs with Rs 50 crores’ bribe and cautioned that he should fear his own ministers, claiming that they were the ones, ‘conniving’ at his back to dethrone him. Vijayendra further said that the Chief Minister was undermining his own party by levelling such baseless accusations as he would lose his credibility in face of not being able to corroborate his allegations with evidence.

Speaking to reporters at state BJP headquarters, Vijayendra said, “Mr CM Siddaramaiah, you need to fear your ministers who are always found beside you. I want to convey this message to you.” Citing the example of Haryana, he said that the Congress party was under the illusion that they had won the state but lost. Now, they are losing Maharashtra as well. After seeing the setback in by-polls in Karnataka, the tall Congress leaders from the state are trying to purchase your own MLAs.

“Four to six leaders within the Congress want to dethrone CM Siddaramaiah. They see him as an outsider and want him to step down much before the five-year term. They see you as the CM mired in corruption,” cautioned the BJP leader. “The resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is certain. There is no doubt about it. The question is when he is resigning and who will be the next CM,” he claimed while adding that the BJP has just 66 MLAs in the state Assembly and hence won’t attempt at poaching.

“If you (media) ask me whether CM Siddaramaiah will continue in his position, hundred percent it is not possible. He will be resigning very soon,” Vijayendra maintained. He further stated, “I don’t think the high command won’t wait till the winter session. They will get his resignation before that.” “CM Siddaramaiah has spoken on Congress MLAs being offered Rs 50 crores by BJP. But the reality is that there is simmering discontent as CM Siddaramaiah and his family is indulged in rampant corruption and his CM’s chair is shaking,” he underlined. “The truth is CM himself has realized that his time is up and making allegations on BJP to save the blushes,” he concluded.

–IANS

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Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Friday exuded confidence that the NDA candidates will win all three seats in Karnataka bypolls as people were fed up with the Waqf issue and the Siddaramaiah government’s approach towards it.

Speaking to the media at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, Vijayanedra claimed: “People were questioning the anti-farmers’ policy of the state government. The attempt to encroach the properties of the mutts and religious institutions, the anti-Hindu approach of the state government will compel the people to rebel against the state government.” Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s approach to the Waqf row was being questioned by the people of the state and farmers, he said. The BJP and JD-S candidates will win all three constituencies in by-elections in the state, he reiterated. “In the Shiggaon Assembly seat, there was an atmosphere that the BJP has emerged victorious. In Sandur and Channapatna seats, the Congress was under the illusion that it would win at any cost. Now, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his ministers have realised that they are suffering setbacks,” he stated.

“After cancelling his fixed programmes, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was camping in Sandur constituency. It shows that the Sandur constituency was slipping away from the Congress and the people were all set to make the BJP victorious,” Vijayendra claimed. Former CM Basavaraj Bommai’s son Bharat Bommai was contesting as BJP’s candidate from the Shiggaon seat. The seat was represented by Basavaraj Bommai. The Congress has fielded Yasir Ahamed Khan Pathan. Congress ticket aspirant Syed Ajjampeer Khadri rebelled against the decision and filed for nomination as an independent candidate. Later, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and top party brass managed to convince Khadri to withdraw the nomination.

ST Morcha State President Bangaru Hanumanthu is the BJP candidate from Sandur. Hanumnathu will contest against Annapurna, the wife of the Congress MP from Ballary E. Tukaram. The seat was represented by Tukaram. The high-profile Channapatna seat was witnessing a direct fight between former PM H. D. Deve Gowda and Dy CM and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar’s family. The seat was represented by Union Minister Deve Gowda’s son H.D. Kumaraswamy. Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil is contesting as the NDA candidate under the JD-S symbol.

Alongside Kumaraswamy, 92-year-old Deve Gowda was camping in the constituency and campaigning for his grandson spiritedly. On the other hand, Shivakumar and his brother D.K. Suresh managed to hijack BJP leader C. P. Yogeshwara and made him their candidate. Both have extensively toured the constituency for three months and carried out intense campaigning in the region.

–IANS

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