Former Karnataka chief minister and veteran Congress leader Siddaramaiah announced on Sunday that he will not contest any elections in future, including the 2028 state assembly polls, citing advancing age, declining health and politics becoming “corrupted”. The Congress veteran said he will have completed 50 years in public life by the 2028 assembly polls. (File Photo/PTI) The 79-year-old Congress Working Committee (CWC) member, however, asserted he will remain active in politics and continue speaking on issues affecting the public. “Since the political field has become corrupted today, I will not contest in the 2028 assembly elections. However, remaining active in politics, I will continue to stand as a voice for the people’s hardships and joys,” Siddaramaiah said in a post in Kannada on X, detailing what he had said at a private event in Mandya district the previous day. Stressing that the people of the Varuna constituency in Mysuru are urging him to contest the elections once again, he said: “I have decided that I should not contest in any elections henceforth. In the past, when …