<p class="title">Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah on Friday said that he would not contest the Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It is crystal clear. I will not contest the Lok Sabha elections,” he said while speaking to reporters in Bengaluru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A section of Congress leaders has been mounting pressure on Siddaramaiah to contest the upcoming elections, preferably from Koppal, as they think he is a “Lok Sabha material”.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Kuruba leader, however, has been brushing aside such suggestions as mere rumours.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Siddaramaiah, who is, in fact, eyeing another term as the chief minister, also claimed that all was well within his party. When asked about the BJP’s plans to move the no-confidence motion during the upcoming budget session, Siddaramaiah said that the coalition partners were “not worried”.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We have no confusion. However, Yeddyurappa may be confused. Our numbers have neither gone up or down. The BJP’s plans to move a no-confidence motion is mere speculation. Our MLAs have not gone anywhere. They have not said that they will quit the party,” he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Siddaramaiah also chose to downplay the angst expressed against him by JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda recently. “Let it be, I will speak to him. He has not taken my name (during the speech). I am not under any pressure. There is nobody as relaxed as me,” he added. Recently, during a JD(S) convention, Gowda had hit out at Siddaramaiah for trying to inject a sense of insecurity in the coalition government.</p>
<p class="title">Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah on Friday said that he would not contest the Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It is crystal clear. I will not contest the Lok Sabha elections,” he said while speaking to reporters in Bengaluru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A section of Congress leaders has been mounting pressure on Siddaramaiah to contest the upcoming elections, preferably from Koppal, as they think he is a “Lok Sabha material”.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Kuruba leader, however, has been brushing aside such suggestions as mere rumours.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Siddaramaiah, who is, in fact, eyeing another term as the chief minister, also claimed that all was well within his party. When asked about the BJP’s plans to move the no-confidence motion during the upcoming budget session, Siddaramaiah said that the coalition partners were “not worried”.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We have no confusion. However, Yeddyurappa may be confused. Our numbers have neither gone up or down. The BJP’s plans to move a no-confidence motion is mere speculation. Our MLAs have not gone anywhere. They have not said that they will quit the party,” he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Siddaramaiah also chose to downplay the angst expressed against him by JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda recently. “Let it be, I will speak to him. He has not taken my name (during the speech). I am not under any pressure. There is nobody as relaxed as me,” he added. Recently, during a JD(S) convention, Gowda had hit out at Siddaramaiah for trying to inject a sense of insecurity in the coalition government.</p>
