Want no assist: Shivakumar’s massive directive to legislators amid CM seat ‘tussle’

“I don’t want any recommendation of any legislators…My duty is to give more strength to the discipline of the party,” Shivakumar instructed the media on Tuesday, asking Congress leaders to focus solely on the Assembly elections in Karnataka in 2028.

Shivakumar’s clarification comes amid a speculated energy tussle within the Karnataka Congress management. An inside rift inside Congress over energy has sprung up repeatedly for the reason that celebration got here to energy within the state in 2023.

This time, the studies got here as a consequence of Congress legislator HA Iqbal Hussain’s massive declare that Shivakumar might get a possibility to turn out to be chief minister in two to a few months.

However, a number of senior Congress leaders like Mallikarjun Kharge and Randeep Surjewala brushed apart any management change hypothesis.

Shivakumar additionally amplified this message on Tuesday, saying the Congress excessive command will certainly take motion in opposition to these “speaking a lot”.

“I don’t want anyone to support or shout at me, we will discuss and sort out the problems,” Shivakumar mentioned.

Shivakumar’s plainspeak on the problem got here a day after NDTV reported that over 100 Congress legislators favoured a change on the high.

“More than 100 MLAs are in favour of a change,” Congress MLA Iqbal Hussain mentioned in accordance with the information report. Even as Shivakumar mentioned he wants no backing, Iqbal has instructed the identical publication that his opinion stays the identical, and that he would attempt to persuade the Deputy Chief Minister.

Internal rift resurfaces?

A management tussle between Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah DK Shivakumar has come to the floor many occasions since 2023. There was additionally a good race for the Chief Minister’s publish after Congress gained the Karnataka Assembly elections that 12 months.

Eventually, Siddaramaiah gained the race, and Shivakumar was made his deputy.

Reacting to the contemporary name for a management change in Karnataka, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has mentioned that the ultimate determination rests with the excessive command.

Iqbal Hussain, thought of a loyalist of Shivakumar, whereas acknowleded Kharge’s authority, additionally maintained that celebration employees and MLAs should converse up about “floor realities.”

AICC basic secretary and celebration’s Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala, who’s assembly legislators within the state, has additionally dominated out any management change. He clarified that his discussions with celebration MLAs weren’t about gathering any opinion on management change.