Bengaluru:

Amid varied voices in and outdoors the social gathering being raised in favour of creating Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar the Chief Minister, the Karnataka Congress President on Saturday categorically said that he does not want anybody’s suggestion and that the excessive command would resolve primarily based on his work.

Chatting with reporters at his residence in Bengaluru on Saturday, Mr Shivakumar mentioned, “There is no such thing as a dialogue about Deputy Chief Ministers, and there’s no query of discussing the Chief Minister’s place too. The pontiff (Kumara Chandrashekaranatha Swami) has spoken out of affection for me. I request that nobody make any suggestions. The social gathering excessive command will resolve primarily based on my work.”

Mr Shivakumar additional said, “AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, the Chief Minister, and I’ve come to a consensus together with the excessive command on easy methods to proceed within the curiosity of Karnataka. There is no such thing as a want for MLAs, ministers, or any spiritual pontiff to speak in regards to the matter.”

“In the event that they wish to assist me, allow them to pray for me, and this could finish right here. I do not need any minister to speak to the media about issues of Deputy Chief Minister posts or the submit of the Chief Minister. In the event that they proceed to subject public statements, I am unable to do something however subject notices to them from the AICC,” Mr Shivakumar warned.

Mr Shivakumar emphasised that self-discipline was essential for the social gathering and that with out self-discipline, there was nothing.

“We all know how arduous we labored to carry the social gathering to energy. Within the curiosity of the social gathering, I’m telling everybody that protecting quiet will likely be a service to the social gathering. I humbly request spiritual pontiffs to not intervene in politics,” Mr Shivakumar mentioned.

When requested in regards to the assembly with MPs and Union Ministers in New Delhi, Mr Shivakumar mentioned, “We met all our MPs and the Union Ministers. Besides for 2, all of them, together with 5 Union Ministers, attended the assembly. Everybody put apart political variations and warranted cooperation within the curiosity of Karnataka. They’ve additionally said that if officers and anxious ministers strategy them, they may comply with up on the problems.”

“Honourable Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman attended the assembly for over two hours and warranted that her commitments to Karnataka from the central authorities can be fulfilled.

“They claimed there are some technical points relating to the Higher Bhadra Venture. We supplied all of the required paperwork to them,” Shivakumar mentioned. “Relating to the Mahadayi undertaking, the 2 former CMs (Basavaraj Bommai and Jagadish Shettar) have data at their fingertips.

“I assume that, together with Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, they may comply with up on the matter within the curiosity of Karnataka,” he said.

“On Friday afternoon, we met Union Minister for Street Transport and Nationwide Highways, Nitin Gadkari. He informed us about roadblocks within the state for the implementation of tasks. We’re chatting with native MLAs and ministers to resolve the problems. The farmers are demanding deviations of the tasks, which isn’t potential. We’ll name them and converse with them.

“This night at 8 P.M., a gathering has been fastened with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and I may even be becoming a member of the Chief Minister,” he said.

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