Chamarajanagar (Karnataka), Nov 20, 2025

“If I had remained in the Janata Dal (Secular), I would not have become Chief Minister,” stated Siddaramaiah on Thursday after inaugurating the 72nd All India Cooperative Week and delivering the valedictory address. CM Siddaramaiah further stated, “Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and his sons would not have allowed me to become Chief Minister.”

“Senior leader G.T. Deve Gowda, who has been part of the cooperative movement, is still in the JD(S), but he is in my favour. Until 2006, G.T. Deve Gowda was with me. After I was expelled from the JD(S), he stayed back. Now, in a way, he’s back with us again,” he said.

CM Siddaramaiah further stated that when he presented his first budget, people mocked him, stating that he “doesn’t know how to count

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