The cloak-and-dagger show afoot in Karnataka ahead of the Lok Sabha election results on May 23 — with a barrage of comments by leaders of coalition parties on who is most fit to occupy the post of Chief Minister — got hotter on Thursday with Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah taking to Twitter yet again on the matter.
In a riposte to the Janata Dal (S) leader’s statement during the course of bypoll campaigning on Tuesday that senior Congress leader M. Mallikarjun Kharge should have become Chief Minister long ago, Mr. Siddaramaiah said even Mr. Kumaraswamy’s brother H.D. Revanna was eligible to occupy the top post.
He said in a tweet, “H.D. Kumaraswamy is right. Mallikarjun Kharge can not only be CM but is also eligible for higher posts. There are a lot of people in Congress and JD(S) eligible for the CM’s post. Among them is H.D. Revanna. Time has to be right for anything.”