Rajanna’s rapid U-turn: The Karnataka minister is dismissed, now supports Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Vote-Chori’ claim; For ‘clear misconception’ with high command. Bharat News
New Delhi: Senior Congress MLA KN Rajanna fell from the Karnataka cabinet in the first day, he said he would travel to Delhi to fulfill the party’s top leadership and was described as “misunderstanding” about him. In U-turn, he also supported Rahul Gandhi’s claim of “vote theft”.Rajanna, a close aide of CM Siddaramaiah, was removed from the cabinet after his important remarks about his party, where he expressed concern that he had failed to address the alleged laps in the electoral role before the election. He said that the party should “feel embarrassed” because these “irregularities occurred before our eyes.”The leader, however, told reporters in the day without offering any explanation: “Our party’s high command, President, and General Secretary KC Venugopal has some misunderstandings about me. I will go to New Delhi to meet them and clean the air. , The news agency PTI told him, saying, “Whatever I can say, my commitment to the party high command is absolute.” He also supported Rahul Gandhi’s “vote theft” movement. “We will carry forward his movement under his leadership,” he said.Asked who was responsible for the misconception, he said that he would soon explain his statements in detail.Earlier in the day he crossed the party line by saying this: “Look, if we start talking about such things only, there will be different opinions. When was the voter list prepared? It was prepared when our own government was in power. At that time, was everyone sitting silently and closing eyes?, The leader further said that at a time when the party should have lodged an objection, “it kept quiet”. “We did not take care of it at that time. So we should be cautious in the future …. In Mahadevpura, there was a really fraud. One person was registered in three different places and voted in all three. But when the drafts are being prepared the election roles, we have to monitor it, when the draft rolls are done? We should file objections. At that time, we kept quiet and now we are talking, “he said. Rajanna’s comment undoubtedly turned the party and was removed from the cabinet. Karnataka Dupoot CM DK Shivkumar had said that Rajanna was “completely at mistake” and the party’s leadership would respond to his comment.Prior to his expulsion, Rajanna had disputed the dominance of Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkumar, demanding three more Deputy Chief Ministers – Lingayat, SC/ST, and one of the minority communities.He also expressed interest in becoming the President of Karnataka Congress, which was organized by Shivkumar for more than five years.Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi vs. Election Commission stressed stress as he refused to sign an oath declaration, supporting his “vote-chori” allegations, despite repeated calls from the election body.
