Siddaramaiah won't stand in way of Dalit CM: A look back at communities to which Karnataka CMs belonged

Incumbent Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday gave his strongest indication yet that he was cognisant of the notion that he may have to step aside as chief ministerial candidate even if his party is part of a ruling coalition in the state.After telling reporters that this election would be his last, he added, "I have no issues. If the high command says they want to appoint a Dalit as chief minister, I will say go ahead. I am not opposed to anybody."It's worth noting at this point that in the 66 years since the formation of the first Assembly in then Mysore State, there have largely been Vokkaliga and Lingayat chief ministers at the helm, but never one who was a Dalit.Here's a table to put Siddaramaiah's statement into perspective:

State	Assembly	Name	Party	Caste
Mysore	First	Kengal Hanumanthaiah	Congress	Vokkaliga
Mysore	First	Kadidal Manjappa	Congress	Vokkaliga
Mysore	First/Second	Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa	Congress	Vokkaliga
Mysore	Second	Basappa Danappa Jatti	Congress	Lingayat
Mysore	Third	Shivalingappa Rudrappa Kanthi	Congress	Lingayat
Mysore	Third/Fourth	Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa	Congress	Vokkaliga
Mysore	Fourth	Veerendra Patil	Congress (O)	Lingayat
Karnataka	Fifth	D Devaraj Urs	Congress	Arasu
Karnataka	Sixth	D Devaraj Urs	Congress	Arasu
Karnataka	Sixth	R Gundu Rao	Congress	Brahmin
Karnataka	Seventh	Ramakrishna Hegde	Janata Party	Brahmin
Karnataka	Eighth	Ramakrishna Hegde	Janata Party	Brahmin
Karnataka	Eighth	Somappa Rayappa Bommai	Janata Party	Lingayat
Karnataka	Ninth	Veerendra Patil	Congress (O)	Lingayat
Karnataka	Ninth	Sarekoppa Bangarappa	Congress	Ediga
Karnataka	Ninth	M Veerappa Moily	Congress	Devadiga
Karnataka	Tenth	HD Deve Gowda	Janata Dal	Vokkaliga
Karnataka	Tenth	Jayadevappa Halappa Patel	Janata Dal	Lingayat
Karnataka	Eleventh	Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna	Congress	Vokkaliga
Karnataka	Twelfth	N Dharam Singh	Congress	Rajput
Karnataka	Twelfth	HD Kumaraswamy	Janata Dal (S)	Vokkaliga
Karnataka	Twelfth	BS Yeddyurappa	BJP	Lingayat
Karnataka	Thirteenth	BS Yeddyurappa	BJP	Lingayat
Karnataka	Thirteenth	DV Sadananda Gowda	BJP	Vokkaliga
Karnataka	Thirteenth	Jagadish Shettar	BJP	Lingayat
Karnataka	Fourteenth	Siddaramaiah	Congress	Kuruba

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