Yathindra Says Siddaramaiah Recommended Mahadevappa, Not Zameer

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Urban Development Minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah said his father, former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, recommended H.C. Mahadevappa for the Cabinet expansion but did not recommend Chamarajpet MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan. He said Mahadevappa’s name topped a list of 14 names and had been recommended earlier as well, but the Congress high command chose P.M. Narendraswamy instead.

Yathindra said the high command preferred Zameer over senior Mysuru leader Tanveer Sait for a Muslim ministerial berth. Party sources, however, claimed Siddaramaiah had not recommended Sait either and that the two leaders had frosty relations. Yathindra denied his own appointment came at another leader’s expense and said his father was not upset about missing the oath-taking ceremony.

The Indian Opinion

The easy story is that one faction secured every plum and Mysuru lost out. The other is that the high command alone made every choice. Neither claim is established by this account. Yathindra’s explanation and party sources directly differ over Sait’s recommendation, while the decision also reflects caste, regional and community balancing. The useful test is whether the next appointments give Mysuru and Brahmin leaders concrete representation, rather than fresh assurances.

Source: thehindu.com

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