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Despite thinking among a Cong section that such an open outreach to minorities helps BJP Hindutva, Siddaramaiah has always reached out to the minority community; their trust is believed to have helped Cong in the recent polls
Supporters of the Chief Minister reportedly beat up an individual for ‘abusing’ Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and made him apologise in front of a poster featuring the CM.
Siddaramaiah's appointment as Karnataka Chief Minister is expected to give a boost to the Congress as it prepares to take the BJP on the other backward classes (OBC) plank, demanding an OBC census and also increasing the reservation ceiling to 75.
A backward class leader with over 50 yrs of political experience, Siddaramaiah has been rallying support among MLAs; camp says only entered race after he was assured of CM post