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Siddaramaiah: Writing alphabets on mud to
chief minister
Monday May 13, 2013 08:44:29 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore: Leaning to
write Kannada alphabets on mud as his parents could not afford
slate and chock, Siddaramaiah has come up hard way to take over
Monday as Karnataka's chief minister.
Battling odds Siddaramaiah, born Aug 12, 1948 at a small village
Siddaramanahundi in Mysore district, a bachelor of science and and
a law degree , both from Mysore city, about 130 km from here.
After practicing and also teaching law at Myosre for a short
while, Siddaramaiah entered politics as he thought it was the
platform to work for his ambition - ensuring social justice in
society.
He belongs to the Kuruba (shephered) caste, one of the country's
many economically backward social groups.
From 1983 to 2006, he spent time opposing Congress as he was
mostly part of the Janata Parivar, a reference to many factions of
the Janata Dal.
Siddaramaiah joined the Congress in 2006 after leaving Janata Dal-Secular
headed by former prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda in protest
against his promoting his family members in the party.
Since he is considered a prominent leader of the backward classes
in Karnataka, his rise in the Congress has been swift,
notwithstanding grumbling by a section that he is a "migrant".
From 2008, he was the leader of opposition in the assembly, taking
on the Bharatiya Janata Party for its "corrupt rule".
Siddaramaiah's choice as the Congress chief minister was made a
bit easy as another strong contender for the post, state Congress
chief G. Parameshwara lost the May 5 assembly poll.
While he has earned a name as finance minister and good
administrator, he can be brash and speaks his mind out without
giving much weight to niceties.
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