DK Shivakumar deserves higher position: Rambapuri seer

Bengaluru Express
Kanakapura, July 7: Praising Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar for his efforts to strengthen the party in the state, Rambapuri seer Sri Rajadeshikendra Shivacharya said on Sunday that he deserved a higher position after the last elections.

Speaking at an event organised to inaugurate the steps at the Siddeshwaraswamy hills in Kanakapura taluk, he said, “He should have got a higher position after the last elections. May he get a higher position in the days to come.”

“The people of Karnataka are aware of his hard work in securing a sweeping majority for the party in the state. The agreement among national leaders, CM Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar is only known to them. Political leaders will be respected if they respect the arrangement they had before the national leaders,” he said.

“We are witnessing many Congress leaders talking about leadership in the state. If the national leaders clear the air, it would settle the issue for the people as well as satisfy D K Shivakumar. Asking DK Shivakumar to relinquish the KPCC presidency until he becomes the CM is not a very principled approach by the senior leaders. There is no doubt that he would do so if they hold their end of the bargain. It is important that the national leaders clear the air, there is no point of other leaders making statements about it. People must keep their word in politics. We all have seen what happened with the BJP in the past,” he said.

“When he did not get what he deserved after the last election, D K Shivakumar gracefully accepted the DCM’s position and is doing a good job. The Congress leaders in the state and in the Centre must give the opportunity to him as per the agreement. Then only his hard work and contributions to the party will have a meaning. May he work for the welfare of the people of the state,” he added.

“The Congress MLAs themselves are saying that development works are not happening in the state. I am not against the guarantee schemes but development should not suffer. People are expressing the same opinion all across the state,” he remarked.

“There are some politicians who are creating rift between castes and religions. I hope that a leader like DK Shivakumar will take stringent action on such things.”