Karnataka: Congress tussle resurfaces over CM post

In Karnataka, the leadership issue is still on. Dy CM DK Shivakumar dashing to Delhi to meet thr high command. Some party leaders are also raising their voives. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday asserted that whatever the Congress high command decides on the CM change issue is final, and that he will be committed to what the leadership says. He also clarified that he is not going to Delhi to discuss the issue, and will go only if he is called by the high command. The CM was responding to comments made by his deputy and another claimant for the Chief Minister post D K Shivakumar earlier in the day that he has “no confusion” over the leadership issue, as he and Siddaramaiah have discussed the matter in presence of the Congress high command. “I will not speak about it now. Whatever the high command says is final. There is no use of you asking unnecessary questions,” the CM told reporters in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru, Karnataka: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah says, "The high command’s decision is final. Why keep asking the same question repeatedly? If D.K. Shivakumar has said something, you should ask him. I am not going to Delhi. Why should I go if I haven’t been called? If I am… pic.twitter.com/oxI37upkOL

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Deputy CM & State Congress President, DK Shivakumar says," I am going to Delhi for party work. I will meet the High Command leaders there and discuss everything." 

Chikkaballapur, Karnataka: Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar says, "...If someone does not wish to speak on the matter, that is fine. I will not comment on that issue" pic.twitter.com/jICzNkv0DG

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Congress MLA HC Balakrishna has request the high command to immediately intervene and take a decision on the leadership issue. it's damaging the party in the state, he said.

VIDEO | "I request the high command to immediately intervene and take a decision on the leadership issue; it's damaging the party in the state," says Congress MLA HC Balakrishna.

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Another Congress MLA Iqbal Hussain says, "We have left it for the high command. 80-90 MLAs have requested the high command to give a chance to DK Shivakumar (for the CM post). We are in a disciplined party, and we have to behave decently. We don't like him (Yathindra Siddaramaiah) speaking in favour of his father again and again and embarrassing the high command... Every father loves son, and son loves father, but in politics, we have to act with discipline. Provoking others with such statements shouldn't happen."
The leadership tussle within the ruling party has intensified amid speculation about a possible change of chief minister after the Congress government completed the halfway mark of its five-year term on November 20, 2025.The speculation has been fuelled by the reported “power-sharing” arrangement between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar at the time of the government formation in 2023.

(State Correspondent)