Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha M. Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday took exception to the debate on the future Chief Minister of the State in the Congress party.
Fielding reporters’ queries on the issue on his arrival in Mysuru to participate in a function to release a book on former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s administration, Mr. Kharge said such a public debate on the party’s chief ministerial candidate before the elections was inappropriate.
Mr. Kharge said that all the party’s MLAs and leaders will be called for a meeting after the election and their opinion will be elicited. Based on the views collected at the meeting, the Congress High Command will take a decision, Mr. Kharge said while remarking that the post of Chief Minister is not something that the leaders can appropriate for themselves in the Congress party. First, the party has to be brought to power with the required strength.
