Known to be a detailed aide of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and a powerful critic of the functioning of Deputy Chief Minister D.Okay. Shivakumar, Mr. Rajanna, 74, elected from Madhugiri constituency in Tumakuru district, has embarrassed the Congress excessive command on many events by issuing public statements on get together and authorities issues.
The three-time MLA and one-time MLC’s newest remarks about alleged irregularities in voter lists has dismayed the get together excessive command, which apparently directed Mr. Siddaramaiah to sack him from the Cabinet.
Mr. Rajanna’s remarks got here at a time when the Congress, led by Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, has launched a nationwide protest towards “vote theft”. Mr. Gandhi staged a protest in Bengaluru on August 8.
The excessive command’s course to sack Mr. Rajanna from the Cabinet can be seen as a stern message to the Chief Minister’s loyalists to stick to the get together’s self-discipline.
History of controversies
In the previous, Mr. Rajanna had made a number of controversial statements which had embarrassed the get together leaders. During the Budget Session of the legislature in March, Mr. Rajanna triggered an issue claiming that vested pursuits had honey-trapped 48 individuals, together with legislators and Central leaders. His remarks apparently didn’t go down effectively with the excessive command when the Parliament Session was on.
Incidentally, on the day of Mr. Rajanna’s sacking, the Assembly handed a decision revoking the suspension of 18 BJP MLAs. The legislators have been suspended for six months for making a ruckus whereas protesting towards the “honey-trap” allegations by Mr. Rajanna.
Just a few days in the past, Mr. Rajanna, who was actively concerned within the cooperative sector because the early Seventies, was eliminated as Minister in command of Hassan district.
In the sport of one-upmanship between Mr. Siddaramaiah and Mr. Shivakumar, Mr. Rajanna had demanded the appointment of three extra Deputy Chief Ministers representing the Veerashaiva-Lingayats, the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, and the minority communities in an try to “weaken” Mr. Shivakumar. He is presently holding a number of posts together with that of the lone Deputy Chief Minister.
Advocating the precept of ‘one-person, one-post’ as a part of the Udaipur declaration of the Congress, Mr. Rajanna demanded alternative of Mr. Shivakuamar because the KPCC chief.
Mr. Rajanna met Central leaders a number of instances in search of execution of their announcement in 2023 that Mr. Shivakumar, who holds the submit of KPCC chief, would get replaced after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Dropping the chief from the Ministry is seen as an “achievement” for Mr. Shivakumar.
The chief, who was summoned by the ED in an alleged money-laundering case in 2019, has been saying that Mr. Siddaramaiah could be the Chief Minister for the full-term.
In July, Mr. Rajanna made public his displeasure about AICC basic secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala’s one-to-one conferences with MLAs and Ministers. He even skipped the assembly with Mr. Surjewala.
Predictions on September
A few months in the past, Mr. Rajanna claimed that “main political developments” would happen after September in Karnataka, amid hypothesis a few doable Cabinet reshuffle and management change later this 12 months.
Published – August 11, 2025 07:34 pm IST
