Political unrest is intensifying within the Karnataka Congress as the government completed the two-and-a-half-year mark on Thursday. The faction loyal to Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has reached Delhi and begun exerting visible pressure on party leadership seeking a leadership change, sources confirmed.Party leaders revealed that the Delhi push from Shivakumar camp is coming in the backdrop of no clear message from the Congress high command regarding the long-pending power-sharing formula.
The development also comes after Shivakumar expressing his desire to step down as the State President at an event, and at the same time, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asserting that there is no leadership change in the state and discussion in this regard is unnecessary.
Sources close to Shivakumar revealed that the legislators who reached Delhi want to exert pressure on the Congress high command, seeking clarity on the power-sharing arrangement. They have also planned to insist on the earlier promise of transferring power after two and a half years.