Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Nov 17: "Ramesh Jarkiholi speaks with two different tongues. He has the habit of pursuing duality in politics. In the past, he used to address me as his Guru and guide. Now he is talking ill of me. But I do not find any reason to go on clarifying for his allegations, said former chief minister, Siddaramaiah. He said that Mallikarjun Kharge lacks aggression and blackmailing which Siddaramaiah has in abundance. He also said that he would have been destroyed if he had continued to be in Congress. However, he said he is not in a position to reveal the sorrows he got from the Congress now.

He was speaking to media persons during the time he was in Hoskote for inaugurating campaigning for party candidate there, Padmavathi Suresh. He was responding to questions by media persons on the allegations of 'blackmail politics' made against him by Jarkiholi.

"There is no value for what Jarkiholi says. He does not know what he speaks. I need not reply to what he says. He says I made him minister for my selfish ends. Does this have any meaning?" he wondered.

About MTB Nagaraj, disqualified MLA fighting from Hoskote, he said that in the past, Nagaraj used to praise him. He said that the people of Hoskote who have high self-respect, will vote the Congress, reject Nagaraj, and relegate him to the third spot behind BJP's Sharat Bache Gowda.

Speaking at Gokak, Ramesh Jarkiholi said that Siddaramaiah rose to become a chief minister through blackmailing. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, he said that Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah and Mallikarjun Kharge were equally responsible for the collapse of Congress government.

"Siddaramaiah has the Congress in his grip. Mallikarjun Kharg lacks both aggression and blackmailing tactics which Siddarmaiah has. That is why he has succeeded," he analyzed.