Did not say that there is no candidate from Karnataka for PM post: CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah clarifying on his alleged “no one from Karnataka will become PM,” remark stated that, “I did not say that there is no candidate from Karnataka for the post of Prime Minister when the Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) will win the Lok Sabha elections.” The Karnataka Chief Minister was addressing a Press Conference at the Vidhana Soudha on Thursday.
He further clarified that in a recent press conference organised by the Press Club of Bangalore, “While responding to a Journalist’s query regarding whether he would be a candidate from Karnataka for the post of Prime Minister, I said that I am not a PM candidate from Karnataka. I also said that it (him becoming the PM) will not happen. However it was wrongly reported in some of the news networks.”
In addition, the Chief Minister also asserted that there were several leaders in the state who are capable and qualified for the post of Prime Minister.
Several media outlets reported that On Monday, Siddaramaiah had said that no one from Karnataka will become Prime Minister. “At the Centre, the INDIA bloc will come to power, and we will discuss and decide who should be the Prime Minister based on the implementation of programmes,” he stated in response to a question on I.N.D.I.A’s PM candidate.
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People taught lesson to those who were talking about changing Constitution: Pawar
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Maharashtra) (PTI): NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said the country taught a lesson to those who were talking about changing the Constitution.
He was speaking at the unveiling of the Urdu translation of English book "Padmavibhushan Sharad Pawar - The great Enigma" by Sheshrao Chavan here.
The political situation in the country should change, Pawar said, adding, "We should think where we are heading. We have to see that the country does not fall in the wrong hands."
Four months ago (during the Lok Sabha election campaign), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party colleagues made statements that were not in national interest, the NCP (SP) chief said, referring to BJP leader Ananthkumar Hegde's controversial remark that they needed 400-plus seats to amend the Constitution.
"It is a good thing that the people taught a lesson to those who talked about changing the Constitution," Pawar said.
He also hit back at Union minister Amit Shah who recently called him "ringleader of corrupt people".
"A week ago, Amit Shah said that Sharad Pawar is the ringleader of all the corrupt people in the country. Earlier, when he was in Gujarat, he used the law in the wrong manner. For that the Supreme Court externed him from Gujarat. The one who was externed by the Supreme Court is holding charge of the Union Home Ministry now," Pawar said.
Shah was discharged in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case in 2014.
