Hassan (Karnataka) [India], Aug 25 (NT): Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday stated that with the blessings of the people of the state, he would once again take over as the Chief Minister post of Karnataka.

He was addressing a gathering in Hassan. Here Siddaramaiah claimed that the Opposition joined hands to put off him from becoming the chief minister for the second time.He added that caste and money were seeping into politics.

"I thought people will bless me once again and make me the chief minister. Unfortunately, I lost, but this is not the end. In politics wins and losses are common," he asserted as quoted by the leading news agency ANI.

Worth mention here after days of highly stormed political drama and a floor test in the state assembly for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to prove majority, the power to shape the state government was vested upon the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance under the leadership of H.D. Kumaraswamy.

However, reports have surfaced of alleged rubbing between the two parties of the ruling alliance, especially after the incumbent Chief Minister said he was swallowing the pain of heading an alliance government. (NT)