Banglore : A carefully choreographed breakfast with upma, idli and sambar laid out at the Chief Minister’s residence set the tone for Karnataka’s warring power centres on Saturday as Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar met to calm the churn inside the Congress. Siddaramaiah moved to shut down the political noise, insisting that “there are no differences” between the two leaders and there won’t be any in the future as well.
Our agenda is the 2028 elections. Local body elections are important. We discussed them. We also discussed bringing back Congress in the 2028 elections. We discussed that we will go together. There are no differences between us and there will be no differences in the future,” the Chief Minister said while addressing a press conference. We have decided that we will follow whatever the high command says. There will be no confusion from tomorrow. There is still no confusion. Some media reporters have created confusion,” he said.
The BJP and JDS have a habit of making false allegations. They said they will bring a no-confidence motion. They are only 60 and 18. We are 140. This is a futile exercise. We will confront their false allegations,” he said. Even DK Shivakumar, who joined Siddaramaiah for the press conference, echoed similar sentiments, calling himself a loyal soldier of the Congress party. He also said that he would go to New Delhi when summoned by the Congress high command.
As far as the leadership issue is concerned, we follow our party high command. Whatever they say, it is our decision. We have been loyal soldiers of the party. We know that the party is going through difficult times in our country. Both leaders posted pictures from the meeting within minutes of each other, signalling an attempt at course correction. In one, Shivakumar is seen sharing breakfast with the CM, captioning it as a “productive discussion on Karnataka’s priorities and future plans”.
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