I am confident of my father completing full term, says Yathindra

Though Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar had recently announced that they would abide by whatever the decision to be taken by the party high command on the leadership issue and held two rounds of breakfast meetings, MLC and CM’s son Yathindra, on Monday (December 8, 2025), expressed confidence that his father would complete the full term.

Speaking to a private TV channel in Belagavi, Mr. Yathindra said, “Personally, I have confidence that my father will complete the full term as Chief Minister. The Chief Minister is running the government well and there are no mistakes on the part of the government. People are also happy with the Congress government.”

When his response was sought to the Opposition’s prediction that this could be the last session of Mr. Siddaramaiah as Chief Minister, he said, “The Opposition has been predicting the downfall of Mr. Siddaramaiah ever since his government completed one year. First they said that he will step down over MUDA issue and then they said he will have to step down if the Congress gets less number of seats in the Parliamentary polls (in Karnataka). The Opposition will have to continue dreaming about his resignation.”

He said that so far the high command had not asked his father to come to Delhi after the session. “But we have to wait and see in the future,” he said.