Not A Political Sanyasi, Will Become Chief Minister After Next Assembly Polls: Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

Asserting that he is not politically inert, former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said that he will be assuming the post once again after the next assembly polls in the state, reports PTI.

Allaying the reports of his immediate ambitions to the CM post, the chairman of the Congress-JDS coordination committee clarified that he is willing to occupy the post after the next polls.

Speaking to the reporters in Davangere, Siddaramaiah said, “I had said I will become chief minister in the future.... did I say tomorrow (after Lok Sabha polls). I meant after next assembly election... am I a political sanyasi? If I was why would I come here in this hot sun? I would have sat in the shade. I'm not a political sanyasi, I'm in active politics," as reported by PTI.

"What I said was, in the future our party government will come to power, once I become chief minister, I will increase distribution of rice from 7 to 10 kg. What is wrong in that?" he asked.