Sriramulu Invites Ousted Minister K N Rajanna to Join BJP
Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader B Sriramulu invited KN Rajanna, who recently dismissed as a minister from the congress government, and MLC Rajendra Rajanna, together with a state minister and some ruling party legislators MLA.
This congress group met Rajanna on Wednesday, Minister Satish Jarkiholi, as well as Rajanna on Wednesday.
Sriramulu, “All community (ST/VALMİKİ) and its leaders came to BJP with you. You and your son came to BJP. Myself, Shivanagouda Nayaka, Raj Gowda and all our leaders, we will invite you to the party and we will get more respect than us at the party.” He said.
He said that Rajanna was dismissed for saying the truth.
According to party sources, Rajanna, the Minister of Cooperative, was removed from the cabinet on Monday after instructions from the High Command of Congress. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s last comments about the allegations of “theft of the vote” during the 2024 Delight Sabha survey seems to be expensive for him.
He said that the voter lists were prepared under the Congress government in Karnataka and questioned his own party that they did not stop irregularities at that time.
Meanwhile, Rajanna’s supporters organized a protest against the expulsion of the cabinet led by Siddaramaiah in Tubakuru.
Congress Mlas Raghumurthy, Basavanthappa, Anil Chikkamadhu, along with Rajanna, met Satish Jarkiholi and made discussions.
“This was just a meeting.” He said.
“This said that we are with him and we tried to give him confidence as a part of our friendship. He was pleased with his performance as a minister for two years and that he had a misunderstanding about him and that he would go to Delhi and convince the Supreme Commander.”
When asked whether Rajanna will only go to Delhi or join him as a delegation, “Delegation is different from him (Rajanna).
A delegation will ask for two ST gaps in the cabinet to be filled, “We will want to be filled without any delay and that the same portfolios should be given to the Valmiki (ST) community. This request.
Rajanna is the second minister from Siddaramaiah’s cabinet after coming to power in 2023.
Last year, Bellary Mla B Nagendra was forced to resign after allegations against him in connection with the embezzlement in Karnataka Maharshi St Development Corporation.
“There is a conspiracy, (Rajanna) said that he would talk when it came,” he said to a question about Rajanna. He said.
Answering a question about Rajanna’s return to the cabinet, he said that deciding was left to the high command, cm and the party president.
