Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said Congress had insisted that he become Chief Minister, though his father and JD(S) supreme H D Deve Gowda asked someone from that party take up the top post.
"When Congress leaders said they want to make me Chief Minister, he (Deve Gowda) said his (Kumaraswamy) health is notgood... he has twice undergone treatment... let someone from among youbecome the chief minister," Kumaraswamy said.
The Congress leaders did not agree and pressurised him to becomeChief Minister "and have given it to me."
Stating that Sringeri Jagadguru (pontiff) asked him to stop corruption during his recent visit to the mutt, Kumaraswamy said he has been thinking of how to go about it, looking at the situation at VidhanaSoudha (state secretariat)
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