Siddaramaiah raises doubts over Yediyurappa govt's "longevity"

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Press Trust of India Bengaluru
Last Updated : Mar 19 2020 | 6:28 PM IST

Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Thursday sought to taunt Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa by raising questions about his government's longevity and said there was no guarantee about the ruling BJP continuing in power for remaining three years.

The former Chief Minister cited "political developments" in the BJP for his doubts.

While speaking about increase in loans availed by the government and consequences that may arise in the future, Siddaramaiah said "assuming for argument sake that you (BJP) will continue (in power) for three years..."
Immediately responding to this, Yediyurappa said "we will be here (continue in power).."
Siddaramaiah then said "if you are continuing... happy Mr Yediyurappa, what trouble will I have, but we don't have guarantee that you will continue or not, because lot of things are happening within your party, we will not get involved into those things or do anything."
Participating in the discussion on the budget, he said "there are lot of political developments that are happening."
what happened here (Congress), is happening there also."
Several times in the past too Siddaramaiah has raised questions about the longevity of Yediyuraapa-led government that came to power after the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy last year, due to "internal disgruntlement."

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First Published: Mar 19 2020 | 6:28 PM IST

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