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Karnataka Congress leadership decision likely after Rajya Sabha elections

Karnataka Congress leadership decision likely after Rajya Sabha elections

The Congress is likely to resolve the leadership issue in Karnataka after the Rajya Sabha elections, sources said, even though the party remained silent on the contentious issue after a day-long meeting of the top central and state leaders on Tuesday. The Congress leadership is learnt to have backed D K Shivakumar for the top post, and a change may happen soon, according to sources. The party insisted that only the issue of Rajya Sabha and state council elections was discussed at the meeting, which was attended by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary, Organisation, K C Venugopal and AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Surjewala, among others. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Congress top brass discusses Karnataka leadership issue, to meet again

Congress top brass discusses Karnataka leadership issue, to meet again

Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi, AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. File. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN The leadership tussle between Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy, D.K. Shivakumar, was one of the key issues that the top leadership of the Congress party discussed on Saturday at Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s official residence. Party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and the general secretary in-charge of organisation K.C. Venugopal attended the closed door meeting. “We discussed Karnataka also but nothing came out of that. We will discuss again. There will be another discussion on Karnataka,” Mr. Venugopal told reporters after the meeting, and described it as “a general discussion on current political situation”. However, sources told The Hindu that Saturday’s meeting was specifically to discuss the open leadership tussle in party-ruled Karnataka. On November 26, Mr. Kharge had said that “together with Sonia ji and Rahul [Gandhi], they would find a solution”. The leadership tussle in Karnataka escalated …