Bagalkote (Karnataka): Amid the ongoing power tussle within the ruling Congress in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday asserted that the party-led government will remain in power for two more years and that he will continue in the top post.
He made the remarks while campaigning here for the Congress candidate for the Bagalkote by-poll, Umesh Meti.
“We will be in power for two more years. I’m the Chief Minister of the state, and we will be in power for two more years. If this constituency has to develop, it can be done only if the Congress candidate wins,” Siddaramaiah said.
Addressing a gathering, he expressed confidence that Umesh Meti would carry forward the work of his father late H Y Meti, and urged the people to vote for him in the upcoming bypolls.
Bypolls for the Bagalkote and Davanagere South Assembly constituencies will be held on April 9. The polls were necessitated following the deaths of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti and Shamanur Shivashankarappa, respectively.
Siddaramaiah’s assertion comes days after he said that the party high command would take a final call on his continuation as the CM.
The leadership tussle within the ruling party has intensified amid speculation about a possible change of chief minister after the Congress government reached the halfway mark of its five-year term on November 20, 2025.
The speculation has been fuelled by the reported “power-sharing” arrangement between Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar at the time of government formation in 2023.
The current government’s tenure will end in 2028.
