Two leaders from BJP, who were once close aides of Siddaramaiah, blame him for quitting Congress
The Hindu
Both the BJP leaders and former ministers are Vokkaligas, the same community to which KPCC president and CM aspirant D K Shivakumar belongs
The ongoing tussle between Congress leaders D. K. Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah for the post of chief minister in Karnataka has come out in the open, and also crossed party lines. BJP leaders Dr. K. Sudhakar and S. T. Somashekhar, who were once considered close aides of Mr. Siddaramaiah, blaming the former chief minister for them quitting the Congress, which led to collapse of the then Congress-JD(S) coalition government led by H. D. Kumaraswamy.
After joining the BJP, both the leaders were made ministers.
In separate tweets, the leaders suggested that Mr. Siddaramaiah’s stand against the the Congress-JD(S) coalition government pushed them to quit the Congress.
Both the BJP leaders and former ministers are Vokkaligas, the same community to which Mr. Shivakumar belongs.
Their claims came before a crucial meeting in Delhi to decide the next chief minister of Karnataka.
In July 2019, 17 MLAs from both the Congress and JD(S) quit their parties and resigned as MLAs. Later, they contested the by-elections as candidates of the BJP.