has discord started in karnataka congress siddaramaiah advisor resigned

Karnataka veteran politician BR Patil has resigned from the post of political advisor of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, which has once again surfaced in the state Congress and the dynamics of internal power. The resignation of Patil, who is considered a staunch loyalist of Siddaramaiah, has come at a time when the power struggle is going on in the Congress, which came out in the dinner meetings organized by pro -Siddaramaiah leaders last month. There is an alleged power-sharing agreement at the center of the quarrel, in turn the formula for the post of Chief Minister, whose existence has been rejected by Siddaramaiah repeatedly.

However, sources in Karnataka Congress said that Patil’s resignation is not related to Siddaramaiah-DK Shivkumar controversy.

It is said that four -time MLAs from Aland in Kalburgi district were angry with the CM not giving him importance. Patil is from Kalburgi region where Shivkumar is very low. It is a stronghold of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and is said to have Patil’s son and Minister of State Priyank Kharge. Siddaramaiah told reporters in Mysore, I will talk to him. The resignation came from Bangalore, I did not read it.

Sources said that Priyank has a lot of impact in Kalburgi and Patil was feeling ignored himself despite the proximity to the CM. Patil was likely to get a ministerial position when the party came to power in 2023, but the place went to Priyank and another MLA from Sharan Prakash Patil. Siddaramaiah later appointed him his political advisor to satisfy him. Sources said that he was unhappy with his limited role in governance. Siddaramaiah also rarely involved him in political quarrels and he failed to secure developmental projects in his constituency due to lack of funds.