Bengaluru, July 26 -- Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday announced that he will not contest the 2028 Karnataka Assembly elections, saying that the political landscape has been "corrupted".

"However, remaining active in politics," he said in a post on X.

"Since the political field has become corrupted today, I will not contest in the 2028 assembly elections. However, remaining active in politics, I will continue to stand as a voice for the people's hardships and joys. The people of Varuna constituency are once again pressing me to contest the elections. But I have decided that I should not contest in any elections henceforth. In the past, when I contested elections, it was the people of the ...