'Dark Horse' Mallikarjun Kharge will become Karnataka CM: MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal
Predicts ‘November Revolution’ within Congress state unit
Belagavi: Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, expelled BJP MLA, has predicted that the Congress party will undergo a major political shift and that Mallikarjun Kharge, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) head, will be Karnataka's next chief minister.
Alleging that there is intense lobbying within the state unit of the Congress for the CM’s post, Yatnal said, “There will be a November revolution in the state unit of the Congress. Those lobbying for the chief minister’s post will not get it. Instead, Mallikarjun Kharge will become the chief minister.”
Yatnal, who called Kharge a ‘dark horse’, also said, “Kharge is waiting to become the chief minister. Once his name comes up, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Minister Satish Jarkiholi, and others will withdraw from the race.”
Taking a swipe at senior Congress leaders, Yatnal claimed that Minister MB Patil had organized a conference in Bengaluru with people brought in from Vijayapura due to fear that Satish Jarkiholi might be elevated to the CM’s post. He alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also had sought blessings from religious leaders to strengthen his position.
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PM Modi is controlled by Donald Trump, wants to do the same in TN: Rahul Gandhi
Ranipet (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being "controlled" by US President Donald Trump and that the PM wanted the AIADMK to capture power so that he could control Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.
Also, he claimed that the prime minister "handed out our energy security and gave away our data, besides selling our farmers and small and medium industries."
"You saw yesterday (in Parliament) the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi completely lacking confidence," Rahul said on the delimitation bill.
"He (PM) could not even face the opposition. He was sitting sideways. And the reason is, he is controlled by the United States. He signed the India-US deal that sold our country out," Rahul said while addressing an election rally here.
He further said, "Today, if Donald Trump tells Modi to jump, Modi jumps. If Donald Trump tells Modi to lie down, Modi lies down. Why? Because Donald Trump controls Modi fully. How does he control him? He controls through the Epstein files. He controls him because he knows Modi's financial systems and understands Modi's link with Adani," the Congress leader alleged.
Just as he was being controlled by Trump, Modi wanted to do the same to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. "That is why he wants to put AIADMK in power in TN," Rahul said.
The Union government had rejected references to PM Modi in the latest Jeffrey Epstein case files, describing it as “little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal that deserves to be dismissed with the utmost contempt”.
