Separate Cong poll tours unnecessary says Jaffer Sharief

Senior Congress leader C K Jaffer Sharief, on Wednesday, took exception to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president G Parameshwara taking out election tours separately, by saying that it was unnecessary.

"The party would have benefited if they (Siddaramaiah and Parameshwara) had taken out the election tour together without making it a prestige issue...there was no need for them to tour separately," he told reporters on seeking his reaction on the issue.

Differences had cropped up between Siddaramaiah and Parameshwara over taking out the party campaign across the state.

When their spat became public, AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal stepped in to sort it out.  He allowed both the leaders to tour separately.

While Siddaramaiah is touring assembly constituencies represented by Congress party, Parameshwara will tour non-Congress constituencies by this month end.