Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah./ (PTI Photo) Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah./ (PTI Photo)Two days before the Karnataka election results, Congress Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Sunday said that he was ready to step aside and make way for a Dalit chief minister in the state if the Congress high command wanted. He was asked if the Congress favoured the appointment of a Dalit chief minister in Karnataka in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. “We will get a clear majority and form the government.’’Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at a road show in Karnataka. (File) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at a road show in Karnataka. “Some people who are not connected with the Congress party, some organisations that have nothing to do with the Congress party they have made it an issue.

Source: Indian Express May 13, 2018 23:31 UTC