New Delhi (The Stellar News) Saksham Kalia: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Karnataka Mutt visit where he got blessings from Seer to become PM, but later got intervened by the head seer of the institution and added a caveat to the blessing and said, “Whoever visits out Mutt, they be blesses.” A seer at a lingayat seminary in Karnataka today said Rahul Gandhi will be Prime Minister.
The Leader was meeting the seers at sri Murugarajendra Mutt in Chitradurga when one of them, Haveri Hosamutt Swami, said in his address, “Rahul Gandhi will become the PM”, as per sources.
At this, Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, President of the institution, is learnt to have interrupted and added, “Whoever visits out Mutt, they be blessed.”
The Visit of Congress leader is seen as a politically inspired visit as the Lingayats, about 17 percent of Karnataka’s population, have traditionally been BJP voters and congress will try to get these votes to their side in upcoming elections scheduled May next year.
Congress after being in power from 2013 to 2018, the congress briefly formed a government after the 2018 polls, in partnership with the Janata Dal (Secular). That government-led by JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy-collapsed in just over a year after several MLAs from the coalition resigned and joined BJP resulted the BJP came into power.
Congress is also facing a inside party rift between its leaders as there are two contenders of CM post if Congress comes into power, Legislature party leader Siddaramaiah and state unit chief DK Shivakumar.
While BJP initially made BS Yediyurappa, from the Lingayat community, the CM but last year Basavaraj Bommai replaced him. Party general secretary KC Venugopal later told reporters, “There is no leadership issue at all. Individual opinion is also not acceptable. The party’s new MLAs and the high command will decide on the leader after winning.”
The committee will meet frequently and take collective decisions in the interest of the party. Rahul Gandhi appealed to leaders of the party to go aggressively and unitedly against the misrule of the BJP in Karnataka and at the Centre,” he said. adding that it’s been unanimously decided not to speak about internal matters in public. “Unknowingly or knowingly some statements are made here and there before the media. Don’t fall for that trap… party leaders should not speak in different voices inside or outside,” he said.
It was the first meeting of the committee since it was formed on July 9. Besides Mr Gandhi and Mr Venugopal, in attendance were Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, besides the party’s campaign committee chief MB Patil, Leader of Opposition in the legislative council BK Hariprasad, and senior leaders such as HK Patil, Dinesh Gundu Rao, M Veerappa Moily and G Parameshwara.
