Kalaburagi, March 20 Responding to a question on “dinner politics” in the ruling Congress party, State BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra said that the party’s MLAs had told him that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah would certainly resign. However, who becomes the next Chief Minister remains a million-dollar question, he added.
Speaking to media persons on Friday, he said, “When we recently spoke to ruling party MLAs at Vidhana Soudha, they expressed confidence that a definite outcome will emerge and that the Chief Minister will certainly resign. However, who will become the next Chief Minister remains a million-dollar question. That answer must come from them.”
Vijayendra expressed confidence that the party will win both Assembly constituencies going to bye-elections in the state with a huge margin.
He responded to a query and said that the BJP high command has already announced candidates for the Bagalkote and Davanagere South Assembly constituencies. Former MLA Veeranna Charantimath has been fielded from Bagalkote, while Srinivas Das Kariyappa has been named as the candidate for Davanagere South, he said.