BJP, JD(S) trying to destabilise Siddaramaiah govt: Cong over graft charges

The Congress would unitedly fight against the BJP and JD(S)'s attempts to destabilise the Siddaramaiah government, the ruling party in Karnataka said on Sunday, backing its chief minister who is on the opposition's radar in MUDA and state-run Valmiki Corporation "scams". "Everybody knows about Siddaramaiah's honesty. He is not a new chief minister here. Everybody knows about his career, where he started, where he is now, also his ideology and his background," Congress General Secretary in-charge of Organisation K C Venugopal told reporters here. His comments came after he held a meeting with state ministers along with Congress General Secretary in-charge of the state Randeep Singh Surjewala, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar. Shivakumar is also the party's Karanataka unit chief. The meeting comes in the wake of Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot issuing a show cause notice to Siddaramaiah, which is seen as a precursor to giving sanction to his prosecution in the .
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