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Amidst the tussle for the main minister’s station and sharing of powerfulness aft completion of the archetypal fractional of the five-year word of the Congress authorities successful Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his lawman D.K. Shivakumar held a meal gathering connected December 2 astatine the residence of the second astatine Sadashivanagar successful Bengaluru.
The gathering lasted astir 45 minutes.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called connected Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar arsenic portion of efforts to extremity the contention implicit a 'power-sharing agreement' betwixt the two, successful the run-up to the wintertime league of the State legislature, successful Bengaluru connected December 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
This is the 2nd meal gathering betwixt 2 leaders successful little than 4 days. They met astatine the main ministers’ residence for meal connected November 29 successful Bengaluru, aft the enactment precocious bid directed some leaders to resoluteness their differences up of the wintertime league of the State legislature successful Belagavi, which would commence connected December 8, and the Parliament league that commenced connected December 1.
After the meeting, some leaders agreed that they would abide by the precocious command’s determination connected enactment alteration successful Karnataka.
On December 2, D. K. Shivakumar and his member D. K. Suresh, erstwhile MP, welcomed the main minister.
Kunigal MLA H. D. Ranganath, a adjacent relative of Mr. Shivakumar, besides joined them for breakfast.
Though the gathering was largely seen arsenic a ‘courtesy call’, the main minister’s sojourn to the lawman main minister’s residence is believed to person brought Mr. Shivakumar to the centre signifier of Karnataka politics.
The main minister’s sojourn to the lawman main minister’s residence is mostly seen arsenic Mr Shivakumar gradually emerging arsenic the successor to Mr Siddaramaiah, though determination are a fewer aspirants, including Home Minister G Parameshwara (a Dalit leader), for the post.
On December 1, Mr Shivakumar termed the meal gathering with Mr Siddaramaiah arsenic a matter ‘between brothers’, stressing that determination was nary groupism wrong the Congress government.
Speaking to reporters successful Bengaluru, the KPCC president said they would proceed to conscionable often and sermon assorted governmental developments.
When asked astir a trip to Delhi, Mr Shivakumar connected December 1 said determination was nary program to sojourn the nationalist superior arsenic of now.
Congress sources said that the precocious bid is expected to summon some leaders to Delhi aft the extremity of the wintertime league of Parliament, which is expected to reason connected December 19. By then, the wintertime league of the State legislature successful Belagavi would person besides ended.
The Congress apical brass is expected to clasp talks with some leaders connected a full scope of issues successful the State Congress, including enactment alteration successful the government, a furniture reshuffle and assignment of a caller main to the Karnataka Congress unit.
