Sirsi: "The Congress Party, will not lag behind in the district after Ananth Kumar Hegde has got ministerial post at the Centre,” stated KPCC Vice-President D R Patil.

Briefing reporters, after the Congress District Level Officer bearers Meet, on Monday, he said, the BJP will be benefitted only if the voters are mis-directed. However, if they go on right path, the Congress will get benefit, he added.

Replying to a question about the separate religion demand for Lingayat, he said Congress will not intervene in the fight for Veerashaiva-Lingayat’s separate religion.

The particular community and the seers of community will together resolve the issue.

There is no politics in it and this is my personal opinion.

He also said, the name of the candidate had not been finalized in any district for the upcoming assembly elections. The number of aspirants is high, But no application has been made yet before us. The candidate’s criteria have been changed this time. A person with a public reputation will be given a ticket, Election Committee will do the task of finalizing the list of candidates, he stated. “Congress does not describe about it’s developmental works and it is not it’s culture to promote the work done by it. The BJP government has also done a lot of work for the people. The people are benefited from both and this programme is held to convince people about this,” he pointed.

“We have the confidence of getting power again in state, hence there is no situation of compromising with the JDS. Moreover, we are not working like BJP like it’s Mission 150,” he replied.

KPCC Secretary Veronica Rajanandini Kagodu, Rajendra Naik, Ramesh Dubashi and others were present.