After Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot sanctioned prosecution order against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, several leaders from Karnataka Congress expressed their interest in the race for the Chief Minister post.
Following the Justice Hema Committee report row, actor Sanjjanaa Galrani met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday and also requested to form a women's committee to ensure the safety in the Kannada film industry.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai claimed that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is preparing to parade MLAs in Delhi to cover up the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday expressed his concern over the "educated increasingly becoming casteists" and said that protectors of caste inequality killed the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday met Congress President Mallikarjuna Kharge, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, the party's General Secretary KC Venugopal and MP Randeep Surjewala, at AICC headquarters in the capital city of Delhi.
Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao alleged on Friday that there was a conspiracy to target Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and subsequently destabilise the government but said in the same breath that the rule of law should be followed.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday took a dig at Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy saying that he illegally approved 550 acres of forest land to an unregistered company and now sheds tears claiming the signature isn't his.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said that the Congress Legislature Party resolved to condemn the Governor's move to sanction prosecution and unanimously support Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wondered whether the Karnataka governor Thawar Chand Gehlot has not discriminated against him after granting immediate permission to prosecute him in the alleged MUDA 'scam' while following a delaying approach in the case of HD Kumaraswamy.