As Siddaramaiah’s advisor resigns, more fissures in Karnataka Congress laid bare

Sources successful the Karnataka Congress, however, said Patil’s resignation was not linked to the Siddaramaiah-D K Shivakumar tussle. The four-time MLA from Aland successful Kalaburagi territory was alternatively said to person been upset astir the deficiency of value fixed to him by the CM. Patil is from the Kalaburagi portion wherever Shivakumar has small sway. It is the stronghold of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Patil is said to beryllium not connected bully presumption with Kharge’s lad and authorities curate Priyank Kharge.

“I volition speech to him. The resignation missive came from Bengaluru, I did not work it. I volition telephone him up,” Siddaramaiah told reporters successful Mysuru connected Saturday.

Priyank holds sizeable power successful Kalaburagi and Patil had been feeling sidelined contempt his proximity to the CM, sources said. Patil was tipped to get a ministerial berth erstwhile the enactment came to powerfulness successful 2023 but the slots went to Priyank and different MLA from the district, Sharan Prakash Patil.

Siddaramaiah aboriginal appointed him arsenic his governmental advisor to placate him. Sources said helium was unhappy astir his constricted relation successful governance. Siddaramaiah besides seldom progressive him successful governmental confabulations and helium failed to unafraid developmental projects successful his constituency due to the fact that of deficiency of funds.

Patil’s resignation, sources said, reflects the muddled authorities of Karnataka Congress politics. Sources said Patil sent his resignation connected Friday citing immoderate “problems”. Party leaders said helium besides did not hold with immoderate of the government’s argumentation decisions.

Patil sat connected a dharna successful beforehand of the Mahatma Gandhi statue connected the Karnataka Assembly premises past period to request the implementation of a instrumentality guaranteeing minimum enactment price for farmers. Patil told reporters successful Kalaburagi connected Sunday that though helium had decided to resign earlier, helium delayed his determination arsenic helium awaited the transition of the Karnataka Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) Act. The instrumentality aims to support advisors to the CM and the Deputy CM from being disqualified arsenic MLAs.

“I was relieved aft the Governor gave assent to the Bill. I americium escaped to resign,” Patil said, adding that helium would not retreat his resignation.

The MLA said helium was “resigning owed to immoderate problems” that helium had written successful item successful the missive to the CM. On his erstwhile complaints astir improvement works, Patil said helium had raised the contented during a Congress Legislature Party meeting. “Yet, thing happened. That is wherefore I person resigned,” helium added.

In July 2023, weeks aft the Congress authorities was formed, Patil wrote to Siddaramaiah, complaining astir the unfair attraction of MLAs by immoderate ministers. The missive triggered a enactment and exposed the disgruntlement of elder legislators who did not marque it to the Council of Ministers.

To pacify the seniors, 3 of them — Patil, Basavaraj Rayareddy, and R S Deshpande — were appointed to cardinal posts with Cabinet ranking. Rayareddy was made economical advisor, portion Deshpande was appointed chairperson of the Administrative Reforms Commission.

— With ENS Bengaluru inputs