Predicts ‘November Revolution’ within Congress state unit

Belagavi: Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, expelled BJP MLA, has predicted that the Congress party will undergo a major political shift and that Mallikarjun Kharge, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) head, will be Karnataka's next chief minister.

Alleging that there is intense lobbying within the state unit of the Congress for the CM’s post, Yatnal said, “There will be a November revolution in the state unit of the Congress. Those lobbying for the chief minister’s post will not get it. Instead, Mallikarjun Kharge will become the chief minister.”

Yatnal, who called Kharge a ‘dark horse’, also said, “Kharge is waiting to become the chief minister. Once his name comes up, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Minister Satish Jarkiholi,

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