Will not take back 14 MLAs who left Congress party to join BJP: Siddu

Bengaluru: Former chief minister and Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramaiah said that 14 MLAs who had left the Congress party to join the BJP, which had led to the fall of the Congress-JD-S government, will not be taken back into the party at any cost.

Addressing presspersons Siddu firmly said, “No one from those 14 people who left us will be added. I will talk to the state Congress president DK Shivakumar about this.”

“I stand by my words. I had earlier also said in the Assembly that the 14 people who left the Congress for the BJP would not be taken back even if a flood occurs or the earth collapses,” said Siddu.

Siddaramaiah further said that while the people in the state are struggling for the second dose of the Covid vaccine, the BJP-led state government has failed to adequately carry out the vaccination drive.

“The government said it would vaccinate those over the age of 18. However, there is no vaccine available anywhere,” he added.