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Infighting in Karnataka Congress Over ‘Parivarwaad’, Siddaramaiah in Damage Control Mode

The Karnataka Congress is witnessing a full blown infighting over ‘parivarwaad’. Several legislators and leaders are up in arms against Karnataka Minister KH Muniyappa and the candidate for the Kolar Lok Sabha seat. Muniyappa was reportedly assured of the Kolar seat for his son-in-law KG Chikka Peddanna by the Congress high command. Amid these reports, four MLAs and two MLCs from Kolar district, including Karnataka Higher Education Minister Dr MC Sudhakar, have threatened to resign from the membership of the legislature if Muniyappa’s son-in- law is given the ticket. State Congress MLAs KY Nanjegowda, SN Narayanswamy and Kothur G Manjunath are also among those who have threatened to resign. In fact, two MLCs, Naseer Ahmed and M L Anil Kumar, met the legislative council chairman BS Horatti on Wednesday with their resignation letters in their hands. But Chief Minister Siddaramaiah convinced them not to press for their resignation until he reached Bengaluru from Mysuru. Former Karnataka speaker Ramesh Kumar, who recently lost from the Srinivaspura assembly seat in Kolar, is also against Muniyappa’s demand. Ramesh …

Infighting in Soren family on declaring Hemant Soren`s wife, Kalpana as new CM

Amid hectic political activities and questioning of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren by the ED here on Wednesday, a rift has emerged in the ruling Soren family with JMM lawmaker Sita Soren, the elder daughter-in-law of party supremo Shibu Soren, openly saying she would oppose any move to make Kalpana Soren the chief minister. This comes against the backdrop of strong rumours that Hemant Soren`s wife Kalpana will be the first choice for the CM post if her husband is arrested. Talking to PTI over the phone, Sita Soren strongly objected to any move to make Kalpana Soren the leader of JMM legislative party. Incidentally, Kalpana Soren was also present at the meeting of alliance legislators at the CM`s residence on Tuesday and photos were also shared by the Chief Minister`s Office. “I would like to ask why only Kalpana Soren, who is not even an MLA and has no political experience,” the Jama legislator told PTI. Under what circumstances her (Kalpana`s) name was being touted as the next chief minister when there are so …