Kolar ticket row: Shun factionalism, says DKS

NT Correspondent | NT

Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Saturday warned the party against factionalism, adding that they should work together for the Congress Kolar Lok Sabha candidate KV Gowtham.

“I have had discussions with Muniyappa and other leaders and they have given their opinions. There is no scope for groupism. We have given instructions to the leaders that they have to work for the party. We have given the ticket to an ordinary party worker,” Shivakumar said.

Asked about internal squabbles concerning the Kolar ticket, he said: “Everyone will work for the party. There was a demand for the ticket to (ritually) left hand Dalits. There is nothing wrong with it. We have to look at the overall picture of the state as left hand Dalits are prominent in 10 constituencies. We have taken all these things into consideration.”