Bengaluru, Jan. 6 -- Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday lauded Chief Minsiter Siddaramaiah for completing 2,792 days in office, calling him a "modern-day leader" who has delivered good governance and upheld the Congress party's ideology of social justice and development. Parameshwara, in an exclusive interview with ANI, noted that only former Chief Minister Devaraj Urs had achieved a similar tenure earlier.

"I would like to congratulate Siddaramaiah ji on completing 2792 days in office (as the CM). Only Shri Devaraj Urs (former Karnataka CM) had that before. Both the great leaders were given an opportunity by the Congress party to serve the people under its ideology. And that ideology to serve the poor and at the same time...