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As loyalists of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his lawman and KPCC main D.K. Shivakumar continued to request a Cabinet reshuffle and enactment change, respectively, the Congress precocious bid appears to beryllium weighing galore options to extremity the ongoing stalemate.
Congress sources said that the party’s apical enactment is apt to instrumentality a cautious attack based connected the factors that clasp bully for the enactment successful Karnataka, a large State wherever the enactment is successful power. Himachal Pradesh and Telangana are different States the Congress is ruling.
Rajasthan example
A Karnataka-like concern occurred successful the past Congress authorities successful Rajasthan successful 2020, pursuing a tussle betwixt past Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his lawman Sachin Pilot, and this was 1 of the factors for the decision of the enactment successful 2023.
Leaders maintained that the precocious bid is expected to take immoderate decisions successful the adjacent mates of days, arsenic the governmental saga successful the State is damaging the expansive aged party’s representation and governance. With 2 confederate States (Kerala and Tamil Nadu) and 2 northeastern States (Assam and West Bengal) going to polls successful 2026, it is believed that the precocious bid has to instrumentality steadfast decisions to amusement its power implicit State units.
Political commentator and governmental subject prof Jayaramu P.S. argued that the Congress precocious bid successful the State faces a Hobson’s choice: whichever mode it chooses to go, it volition person to woody with the struggle concern betwixt 2 apical leaders.
“If it changes Mr. Siddaramaiah, helium whitethorn make a occupation for the enactment utilizing his AHINDA ballot bank. If Mr. Shivakumar is not made Chief Minister, helium whitethorn signifier a determination enactment and question BJP and JD(S) support,” helium contended. “Will precocious bid postpone the decision?” he asked connected X.
While the last telephone rests with the precocious command, particularly Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, the apical brass is expected to instrumentality the determination aft seeking clarity from some the camps. With a batch of governmental involvement astir the 2 leaders, the enactment appears to beryllium exploring each aspects earlier summoning some leaders to Delhi.
Five possibilities
As the archetypal option, the apical brass mightiness inquire Mr. Siddaramaiah to proceed till the extremity of the Budget league of the legislature (March, 2026), providing him an accidental to interruption the longest Chief Ministerial tenure grounds held by Devraj Urs and connection him a graceful exit. This would besides guarantee creaseless transportation of powerfulness to Mr. Shivakumar. Till then, some campy leaders whitethorn beryllium directed to power their supporters.
The 2nd enactment is that the high bid would inquire Mr. Siddaramaiah to support his alleged committedness fixed by him during the enactment of the authorities successful May 2023, and let Mr. Shivakumar to inhabit the apical post. In that case, Mr. Siddaramaiah mightiness enforce conditions and inquire the enactment to induct his loyalists successful the Cabinet and name his nominee for the KPCC chief.
In lawsuit some leaders declined to budge from their demands, past the third option would beryllium asking some Mr. Siddaramaiah and Mr. Shivakumar to amusement their spot successful the Congress Legislature Party meeting, and whoever mustered the highest support of MLAs would beryllium asked to clasp the apical post.
The 4th alternate seems to beryllium nary transportation of powerfulness and allowing Mr. Siddaramaiah to undertake the Cabinet reshuffle. He would besides be asked to proceed successful the aforesaid station till 2028 with the information that the adjacent Assembly elections would beryllium held nether the enactment of Mr. Shivakumar and helium would beryllium projected arsenic the Chief Minister face. No loyalist ministers of Mr. Siddaramaiah would beryllium allowed to participate the Chief Minister race. Mr. Shivakumar would beryllium asked to proceed successful the KPCC main and the Deputy Chief Minister posts.
If the impasse becomes uncontrollable, arsenic the past option, the precocious bid mightiness inquire AICC main Mallikarjun Kharge to instrumentality to the State to caput the government. Already immoderate leaders adjacent to Mr. Kharge person started floating his name. This would besides fulfil the Dalit leaders’ request for a Dalit Chief Minister, sources successful the enactment said.
