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DK Shivakumar (left) and Siddaramaiah BENGALURU: A foreign tour by a bloc of Congress legislators aligned with CM Siddaramaiah has injected volatility into Karnataka politics, sharpening a power struggle with deputy CM DK Shivakumar over a long-speculated transition.About 27 Congress MLAs and MLCs are set to leave for Australia and NZ Tuesday, party insiders said….
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah lost his cool during a rally in Bengaluru on Tuesday after some youth Congress leaders started shouting slogans in favour of deputy CM DK Shivakumar before his address.As he rose from his chair and walked towards the podium, a section of party workers began shouting “DK, DK,” with the…
NEW DELHI: Top Congress leaders huddled up in Delhi after key meeting of working committee (CWC) was intervened to deliberate the current political situation and party’s plan of action against the government.This is the first meeting after the grand-old-party suffered a drubbing in the Bihar assembly election in November. The meeting was chaired by Congress…
NEW DELHI: The storm over the chief ministerial post resurfaced again after Congress MLA H A Iqbal Hussain on Saturday claimed that D K Shivakumar will take over the top job on January 6.Hussain said that DKS should be made the chief minister and that CM Siddaramaiah should vacate the post for him. He predicted…
NEW DELHI: Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar had two breakfasts together within a week, but the deadlock over the Karnataka chief ministerial post does not seem likely to end soon.The second round of the “breakfast diplomacy” at the deputy chief minister’s residence drew a blank yet again, after both Siddaramaiah and DKS left the…
NEW DELHI: Just as the Congress government in Karnataka crossed the halfway mark of its five-year term on November 20, chief minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar are making a renewed show of unity amid an escalating leadership tussle.Siddaramaiah on Tuesday visited Shivakumar’s residence for breakfast 2.0, a gesture seen as an attempt…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah meets his deputy DKS amid crisis rumours. NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar on Saturday met chief minister Siddaramaiah at the latter’s residence in Bengaluru. With the leadership tussle in Karnataka seeing dramatic twists and turns by the hour, chief minister Siddaramaiah, following a nudge from the Congress high command, had…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that he has invited DK Shivakumar for breakfast after the party high command asked them to have a meeting amid the ongoing “power tussle” over the chief ministerial post.“I invited deputy CM D K Shivakumar for breakfast tomorrow, as high command asked us to have meeting,”…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Friday said that he will travel to Delhi to meet the high command over the “power tussle” between him and Siddaramaiah regarding the chief ministerial post.DKS said that he, along with chief minister Siddaramaiah, will travel to Delhi and the high command will make a decision…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday clarified that his recent social media post on “word power” was meant to mark Constitution Day and was addressed to the legal fraternity after chief minister Siddaramaiah countered him thorough a social media post amid ongoing debate over leadership and political messaging.Speaking to reporters, Shivakumar…
