BSY-Eshwarappa's dream of becoming CM won't come true: Siddaramaiah
'BJP recalls Rama only during election time’
Hubballi, Dec 2: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah said that the dream of BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa and MLA K.S. Eshwarappa to become chief minister would not come true.
Speaking to reporters at the airport here on Sunday, he said that the BJP leaders have been saying that the coalition government would collapse after cabinet expansion. But the BJP has no majority. Even then, they have been dreaming of becoming the chief ministers.
Their dream would not be fulfilled. The Congress-JDS coalition government would not have any threat. It was safe, he said.
"No one has complained against me to the high command. It's just a rumour. Interest of the Congress MLAs is not neglected in coalition government. Our MLAs have not put pressure on cabinet expansion", he clarified.
BJP people have been playing games in government programs and cabinet expansion. But a decision would be taken on cabinet expansion at coordination committee meeting to be held on December 5, he said.
As to why Prime Minister Narendra Modi who speaks about corruption has not implemented Lok Pal Bill, he asked.
The dues of sugarcane factories would be cleared and all factories were directed to crush the sugarcane as per the central government FRP rate, he said.
"BJP has been doing political drama in Ram Mandir issue. It recalls Rama only during election time and later forget him. Why the BJP has not spoken anything about Mandir during its administration? They want the issue to be alive".
- Siddaramaiah, Former Chief Minister
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Ishan Kishan to lead SRH in early part of IPL 2026
Hyderabad (PTI): Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday appointed India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan as interim captain for the early part of IPL 2026, with Abhishek Sharma as his deputy, while Pat Cummins recovers from his injury.
Cummins has been sidelined with a stress injury on his lower back, which kept him away for a major part of the last Ashes series Down Under as well as the T20 World Cup.
"Pat Cummins will miss a few games while recovering from injury. Until he recovers, Ishan Kishan will be the captain and Abhishek Sharma will be the vice-captain," the franchise said on social media.
IPL 2016 winners SRH, however, did not specify the number of matches Cummins is set to miss.
Kishan's appointment as SRH's stand-in skipper comes after a successful run across formats.
The left-handed batter played a key role in India's title-winning campaign in the T20 World Cup, finishing as the fourth-highest run-scorer in the tournament with 317 runs in nine matches at 199.37. He averaged 80.25 and struck three half-centuries.
His exploits with the willow also saw Kishan rising to the No.2 spot in the ICC rankings for T20I batters, a list which is led by Abhishek.
Earlier this season, Kishan had captained Jharkhand to their first-ever title in India's premier domestic T20 competition, Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.
