Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday claimed that there was no “anti-incumbency wave” anywhere in the State.
“It is common to see anti-incumbency wave at the fag end of any government’s term. But you cannot see it in any part of the State. On the other hand, it will not be an exaggeration to say that there is a pro-government wave in the State,” the Chief Minister remarked, while replying to a debate in the Assembly on issues concerning north Karnataka.
“The absence of anti-incumbency wave is owing to the fact that we have made honest efforts to implement the promises made by us and walked the talk,” he said.
He cited the absence of too many protests during the session in Belagavi as proof of it.
“This time there were hardly any major protests, barring the one by doctors for sometime. They too withdrew after we convinced them about the honest intentions of the Karnataka Medical Establishments (Amendment) Bill,” Mr. Siddaramaiah said.
The Chief Minister said the first signs of the pro-government wave was the byelections to Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly constituency which were won by the ruling Congress. He taunted the BJP leaders who had said that the bypoll would be the indicator of the results of the next Assembly elections.
He said the BJP’s Mission-150 (of winning 150 Assembly seats of the total 224 in the State) would be reduced to Mission-50. “They are frustrated over losing their political ground in the State and hence they are making all kinds of baseless allegations against us,” he said.
