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 …