Minister Umesh Katti repeated his dream and ambition of becoming the chief minister of the state, however, this time he added that he would become the chief minister in this term of the assembly.

Speaking to news persons after hoisting the national flag at Bagalkot on Sunday, Aug 15, he said he was one of the most senior legislators in the state and has got eligibility to run the state as chief of the government. “If I’m alive will become the chief minister in the current term of the assembly, else to be in the post in my next life,” he said.

Katti representing Hukkeri constituency in Belagavi district for the record eight consecutive term kept on claiming his ambition of becoming the chief minister, however, never told when, for the first time he said “Will become the CM in the current term of the assembly,” which give other equations in the politics.