MTB Nagaraj, Ramesh Jarkiholi hit out at Siddaramaiah, Dinesh Gundu Rao

BENGALURU: Two disqualified Congress legislators, M.T.B. Nagaraj and Ramesh Jarkiholi, lambasted KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and CLP leader Siddaramaiah, and blamed them for the rebellion and collapse of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government, on Saturday. The attack by two former ministers came a day after disqualified Yeshwantpur Congress MLA, S.T. Somashekhar criticized Mr Rao.

While Mr Ramesh Jarkiholi launched broadside against Mr Siddaramaiah, and charged that the party has no future with this leader at the helm. Mr Jarkiholi attacked the former chief minister during an interaction with the media in Belagavi while Mr Nagaraj’s caustic comments came during a press conference in Hosakote.

Training his guns on Mr Rao, Mr Nagaraj charged “He (Mr Rao) acts more loyal to Mr Siddaramaiah and once the latter loses his posts, he (Mr Rao) will not hesitate to follow someone else. He does not have a standing of his own.”