The New Indian Express ·
Siddu’s stature shrinking? Kuruba leaders cry foul as Gayatri Shantegowda yet to be made minister
BENGALURU: Will MLC Gayatri Shantegowda finally be sworn in as a minister? She declined to comment and remained guarded when contacted. However, those close to her said her silence speaks louder than any statement.
Party insiders suggested that the delay is no accident, with increasingly more fingers within the Congress pointing at one man: veteran AHINDA leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah. Congress insiders claimed that Siddaramaiah is the sole leader standing in the way of Shantegowda — a Kuruba — becoming a minister.
Sources claimed that Siddaramaiah even threatened to make his son, Minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah, resign if she was inducted. “For what fault of hers?” her supporters asked on social media, where criticism of the former chief minister has been growing steadily.
