Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s assertion that he would continue in the post for the full five-year term has sparked off a series of reactions from his Cabinet colleagues and many said the party’s high command will decide the tenure of the Chief Minister.
Though KPCC president and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who is nursing an ambition to occupy the coveted post, declined to react to Mr. Siddaramaiah’s comment, his brother and Bengaluru Rural MP D.K. Suresh said: “The Chief Minister’s post is not vacant and the people of the State have blessed the party for five years”. The aim of both Mr. Siddaramaiah and Mr. Shivakumar is to provide a stable government for five years, he said.
He, further, said, “The party high command will take a call on the tenure of Mr. Siddaramaiah.”
