Congress party leaders say that Siddaramaiah has all the chances of taking over Karnataka as the CM. Shivakumar who is having some stomach-related issues is going to Delhi to meet AICC Chief Kharge and Sonia Gandhi today.
DK says if he is eligible he would get the CM Post. Some leaders opined that there could be sharing of the CM post. But DK wants to be in the first phase for two years.
I am loyal and I am committed, I will not fall into the traps and I will exhibit it said DK Shivakumar. The matter has been left to the high command. I don’t blackmail the party.
But the majority of the MLAs in writing have given the option of Siddha Ramaiah. Most of the MLAs wanted me to be the CM claimed Siddha.
Siddaramaiah is a good politician but he is not very good at tactics and strategy or organising the party. The arrival of Shivakumar changed the situation and there was more focus on strategy and tactics.
This helped transform the Karnataka Congress into a well-oiled unit instead of a disparate group with loyalties spread all around,” a young Congress MLA candidate said, ahead of the polls.
Tactics that DK Shivakumar adopted of a frontal attack on the perceived corruption in the BJP government by utilizing the services of the state contractors’ association, among others, and the ‘PayCM’ campaign against Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai – through the advice of consultants like Sunil Kanagolu – paid dividends by capitalising on underlying public anger over inflation and the rising cost of living.
