As the leadership tussle in the Congress government in Karnataka refuses to die down, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday put the onus on the party high command to put a “full stop to the confusion” even as his deputy D K Shivakumar said cryptically there is a “secret deal between 5-6 of us” in the party on the issue of sharing power.AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge for his part said the issue of leadership change in Karnataka is not something to be discussed publicly.
The power tussle within the ruling party has intensified in the recent weeks amid speculation about a CM change in the state after the Congress government reached the halfway mark of its five-year term on November 20 in the backdrop of an alleged “power-sharing” agreement involving Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar in 2023.