Siddaramaiah's son Yathindra: Dad will complete 5 yr term

NT Corespondent

Mysuru/Bengaluru: Congress MLC and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddara maiah's son Yathindra on Thursday asserted that his father will com plete a full five-year term in office. He said any decision on the leadership change has to be made by the Congress high com mand and MLAs. AICC General Secretary in charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjew ala has clarified that no such issue is before the party leadership for con sideration.

"AICC General Secre tary has said that the CM change issue is not before the high com mand, so why discuss it? The BJP has been saying since the time our gov ernment came to power that the government will collapse and the chief minister will be changed. If you believe what they say, nothing will happen," Yathindra said in response to a question.

Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, he said as the government will com plete 2.5 years in of f ice in November, some chief ministerial aspi rants who are there in the Congress party may seek the position. There is nothing wrong in it. "But, ultimately, the high command and MLAs will have to decide....accord ing to me he (Siddara maiah) will be there for f ive years.

I'm answering this question since the government came to power. Such discussions (about CM) have been going on since then, but did the change happen? No..." he added.

Interestingly, his state ment came on a day when Siddaramaiah, while speaking to re porters in New Delhi on Thursday, said there was "no vacancy" for the CM's post as he was very much in the chair.