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After a day-long discussion with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar successful the nationalist superior connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026), the Congress precocious bid was incapable to get astatine a statement connected a imaginable enactment alteration successful Karnataka.
Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC wide caput (organisation) K.C. Venugopal, and AICC wide caput in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala held respective rounds of discussions with the 2 elder State leaders during the day.
The enactment enactment appears to person failed to scope a statement connected a imaginable Cabinet reshuffle successful the State too, sources said.
Only speculation, nary reality
However, Mr. Venugopal told the media, “Today’s discussions concentrated connected the Rajya Sabha and Karnataka Legislative Council candidates successful Karnataka. Whatever speculation you radical are doing remains speculation only. There is nary world successful it astatine all.”
Mr. Venugopal did not instrumentality immoderate questions from the media. Mr. Shivakumar, who appeared subdued aft the meeting, besides declined to talk to reporters.
Mr. Siddaramaiah, however, said discussions were held regarding the enactment of candidates for the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections scheduled to beryllium held connected June 18.
No hasty decisions
After learning bitter lessons from the caller Assembly elections successful West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Assam, enactment sources said the Congress cardinal enactment was apt to instrumentality much clip earlier making immoderate steadfast determination connected 3 cardinal issues — enactment change, a Cabinet reshuffle, and the assignment of a caller Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president. The KPCC main station has been held by Mr. Shivakumar for the past six years.
While the Chief Minister has consistently maintained that helium is keen connected a Cabinet reshuffle, Mr. Shivakumar has made aggregate visits to Delhi successful caller months to lobby for the Chief Minister’s position.
