Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the suspense continues over the purported power sharing formula in respect of CM’s post in the State, Minister M.B. Patil said that Siddharamaiah would serve as Chief Minister for five years.

Speaking to presspersons on Monday after visiting Suttur Mutt in Nanjanud taluk where he received the blessings of Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji, Patil said that there was no proposal on power sharing during the talks held at New Delhi ahead of the formation of the Congress Government in the State.

Patil maintained that Siddha-ramaiah would serve as the CM for the full term just as he did in his first stint as the CM from 2013 to 2018. Even AICC General  Secretary K.C.Venugopal has clarified this, he added.

Stating that the previous Siddharmaiah Government had fulfilled 158 out of 165 promises it had made, he said now also, the five Poll Guarantees promised by the Congress would be implemented and no one need to have any doubt in this regard. 

BJP scams to be probed

Accusing the previous BJP Government of rampant corruption and maladministration, Patil said all the scams of the BJP Government will be probed and the guilty will be punished.

Earlier, M.B. Patil, accompanied by his wife Asha Patil offered prayers at Shivarathri Shivayogi  Kartru Gaddige and meditated for some time at Dhyana Mandira. KPCC Secretary Hadinaru Gurupadaswamy, leaders Alanahalli Puttaswamy, Ravikumar, Varuna Mahesh and others were present.

Minister Patil was accorded a warm welcome at the Toll Gate upon his arrival at Mysuru on his way to Suttur. Congress leaders Pratidhwani Prasad, Arif Pasha, Manjula Manasa, Prakash, Palya Suresh, Raghuraje Urs, Padmanabhan, Latha Ranganath, Mohammad Tasim, Kemparaj Urs, Zafrulla, Yogesh, Chandrashekar and others received him at the Minister Toll Gate.