This is the last session for Siddaramaiah as he will resign soon thereafter, says Vijayendra
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Winter session will be Siddaramaiah's last as Chief Minister, amid controversies and BJP speculation on new leadership.
The winter session of the State Legislature will be the last one for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, as he will resign soon thereafter, BJP State unit president B.Y. Vijayendra said in Belagavi on Thursday.
“The Chief Minister is embroiled in several controversies, including the MUDA site allotment controversy and funds diversion in the Valmiki Corporation. What is more, his own party MLAs are unhappy with him as they accuse him of not releasing enough funds for development. For all these reasons, he will resign after the session,” Mr. Vijayendra told reporters.
During his visit to Belagavi a few months ago, Mr. Vijayendra had said that the winter session will be held under a new Chief Minister.
“It seems that the post of the Chief Minister is up for auction. There are several contenders in the Congress,” Mr. Vijayendra said.
To a query, he said that he has no idea who will be the next Chief Minister.
He said that the Congress allegation that the BJP is planning another Operation Lotus of engineering defection of Congress MLAs by paying ₹50 crore to 50 MLAs is baseless.
“We only have 66 MLAs. The Congress is accusing us for no reason. The Congress is making such allegations as Mr. Siddaramaiah is scared,” he said.
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