Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son, Yathindra Siddaramaiah, addressed speculation about the state's political leadership, clarifying that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will not contest elections after 2028.
Yathindra stated that his father, Siddaramaiah, is in the "final phase of his political career" and should mentor Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday during his visit to the national capital. He was accompanied by Karnataka Ministers KJ George, HC Mahadevappa, Satish Jarkiholi, and State Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh.
Minister Satish Jarkiholi on Thursday confirmed an alleged honey trap attempt involving a state minister, stating that while an attempt was made, it was unsuccessful.
Randeep Surjewala, AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka, on Friday dismissed the reports that Minister Satish Jarkiholi was served notice by Congress high command for his public statement regarding the change of leadership in the state's unit of the party.
"It was decided... There was a qualifier there that in the exigencies of a situation, the rule can be relaxed. So, it can't be followed in breach but largely--in 90 per cent of the cases--it will be one person, one post," the Congress MP said.
Karnataka minister Satish Jarkiholi on Wednesday said that the Congress government in the southern state is holding a planned protest here in the national capital as over Rs 1 lakh crore due to them from the Centre.
In the purported video, Siddaramaiah is seen chatting with KPCC Working President Satish Jarkiholi, MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar, MLC Channaraj Hattiholi, Congress Belagavi Rural District President Vinay Navalgatti, former MLA N H Konreddy and others.