Ramanagara, Feb. 21 -- Amid the ongoing leadership tussle in Karnataka, Congress leader and MLC HC Balakrishna on Saturday dismissed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's claims of a "political conspiracy".

Responding to the CM's tweet, in which Siddaramaiah has vowed to fight "the politics of hatred and jealousy", Balakrishna asserted that no one in the party needs to be jealous of the Chief Minister. He pointed out that Congress has already provided Siddaramaiah with every significant opportunity possible.

The Congress MLC recounted that when HD Deve Gowda was pushed out of the party, all senior Congress leaders, including DK Shivakumar, G Parameshwara, and Mallikarjun Kharge, accepted Siddaramaiah into the party. He further stated that if th...