Shivakumar was imagined to go to Delhi to fulfill the occasion’s excessive command. However, he cancelled the go to because of a abdomen an infection.
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The KPCC chief stated Lingayat, Vokkaliga seers and different congress leaders have requested that he needs to be given an opportunity.
As the thriller over the subsequent chief minister of Karnataka continues, state Congress president DK Shivakumar, a frontrunner for the highest put up, stated “loyalty pays royalty”.
In an unique interview with CNN-News18, Shivakumar dismissed the reviews of Siddaramaiah being chosen because the chief minister.
“I don’t know something… Media is doing gossip. I used to be requested to go to Delhi due to my well being, I didn’t go. I’m not part of the excessive command, we’re the employees of the occasion. The occasion will take a remaining name,” he stated.
The KPCC chief stated Lingayat, Vokkaliga seers and different Congress leaders have requested that he needs to be given an opportunity. “Ahmed Patel would have been so completely satisfied to see Congress has come to this stage in Karnataka. He would have loved it. I’ve learnt one factor {that a} man with braveness makes the bulk. Loyalty pays loyalty. I depart every thing on excessive command. Without, root you’ll not get the fruit,” he stated.
Shivakumar was imagined to go to Delhi to fulfill the occasion’s excessive command. However, he cancelled the go to because of a “abdomen an infection”.
“I’ve a abdomen an infection and won’t be travelling to Delhi as we speak. There are 135 Congress MLAs. I don’t have any MLAs. I’ve left the choice to the occasion excessive command,” he advised reporters in Bengaluru.
Earlier within the day, the KPCC President made a robust pitch for the chief minister’s put up, making it troublesome for the occasion’s excessive command which is already in a troublesome spot to decide on between him and Siddaramaiah.
Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Shivakumar referred to as himself a “single man” and stated he consider {that a} single man with braveness turns into a majority.
“I’m a single man, I consider in a single factor {that a} single man with braveness turns into a majority…When all our MLAs left the occasion (2019 JD(S)-Congress coalition authorities), I didn’t lose my coronary heart,” he stated.
Shivakumar reiterated that the occasion’s excessive command will determine the CM.
Meanwhile, Congress observers for Karnataka together with Sushil Shinde and Jitender Singh met occasion president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi. They are prone to submit a report on the CLP assembly held in Bengaluru to Kharge.