India, July 3 -- Karnataka Leader of Opposition and BJP leader R Ashoka launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday, accusing him of defying the Congress high command by repeatedly declaring he would complete a full five-year term, despite the reported power-sharing arrangement within the party.

In a series of pointed remarks, Ashoka said the Chief Minister's repeated public statements asserting his permanence in office amounted to a direct challenge to the authority of the Congress central leadership. "When a sitting CM keeps asserting his term while conveniently ignoring internal party understandings, it's not confidence, it's defiance," the BJP leader said.

The remarks came a day after Siddaramaiah told repo...