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Amid continued speculation implicit a imaginable enactment alteration successful the ruling Congress successful Karnataka, loyalists of Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar gathered astatine a edifice to sermon strategies to beforehand their person to the Chief Minister’s post.
A radical of MLAs loyal to Mr. Shivakumar organised the gathering astatine a backstage edifice connected Thursday (February 27, 2026) nighttime to deliberate connected ways to extremity the ongoing disorder surrounding the alleged power-sharing pact that was believed to person been reached during the enactment of the authorities successful May 2023.
About 30 like-minded MLAs reportedly attended the gathering and decided to lobby for Mr. Shivakumar’s elevation arsenic Chief Minister. MLAs C.P. Yogeshwar, H.D. Ranganath, Ganesh Hukkeri, Mantar Gowda, and Nayana Motamma, among others, attended.
One much circular of meetings of Mr. Shivakumar’s loyalists is apt to beryllium held successful Bengaluru earlier the Budget Session of the Karnataka Legislature, which volition statesman connected March 6.
‘Future of the party’ discussed
Speaking to The Hindu, MLA Ranganath, a comparative of Mr. Shivakumar, said issues related to the budget, the MLAs’ aspirations to go ministers, and the contented of enactment alteration were discussed during the meal meeting.
H.C. Balakrishna, a staunch loyalist of the KPCC chief, said his day falls connected Saturday (February 28). “Since I volition not beryllium successful Bengaluru from Friday (February 27) morning, arsenic I americium going out, I invited like-minded radical for a get-together connected Thursday (February 26). We invited everyone and organised the gathering,” helium said.
When asked astir the intent of the meeting, Magadi MLA Balakrishna said, “The treatment was that, successful the contiguous situation, if our enactment continues similar this, it volition beryllium hard for america to clasp powerfulness successful the 2028 election. The precocious bid indispensable instrumentality a last determination connected the enactment issue. We person decided to impulse the Congress precocious bid to marque a determination soon.”
During the discussions, respective MLAs reportedly expressed interest that unless the enactment contented was resolved, it would beryllium hard for them to relation efficaciously and the party’s aboriginal would stay uncertain, Mr. Balakrishna said.
Continued buzz astir CM face
A fewer days ago, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, successful his societal media post, claimed that he was being “targeted” for reasons of his caste and societal background, amid the ongoing enactment tussle betwixt him and Mr. Shivakumar.
Earlier, Dalit ministers had held meal meetings to sermon issues concerning their community, with galore leaders expressing their privation to spot a Dalit person inhabit the Chief Minister’s post.
Meanwhile, Mr. Siddaramaiah’s lad and MLC, Yathindra, has reiterated connected respective occasions that his begetter would implicit the afloat five-year term and that determination was nary power-sharing pact wrong the Congress.
