Summary:
In his pep talk to legislators, Mr.
Venugopal told them to refrain from dropping names of the Chief Ministerial candidate during campaigning and to take the government’s programmes to each household in their constituency. Sources said that the KPCC secretaries in-charge of the Assembly constituencies and the party legislators have not formed the booth committees in many constituencies, and this triggered Mr.
Venugopal to ask Mr.
Siddaramaiah to convene the CLP meeting. more-inWith too many senior Congress leaders aspiring to become Chief Minister after the 2018 Assembly elections, K.C. Venugopal, AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka, has warned legislators not to indulge in speculation over who will occupy the seat and to fight elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The Congress has already decided to go to elections under the leadership of Mr.
Siddaramaiah and the party high command and legislators would decide the next CM after elections, if the party secures a majority, Mr.
Venugopal said at a meeting of the Congress Legislators’ Party (CLP) here on Friday..