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BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: The Congress enactment veered towards a alteration of defender successful Karnataka, amid indications that CM Siddaramaiah has been offered an honourable rehabilitation including perchance a Rajya Sabha berth arsenic portion of creaseless enactment modulation successful the state.On a time Siddaramaiah and his lawman and claimant for his station DK Shivakumar met implicit six hours the Congress enactment of Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal and authorities in-charge Randeep Surjewala, Rahul is learnt to person asked Siddaramaiah during a one-on-one gathering to see taking up a nationalist relation successful the party. He was asked to respond wrong a week.Venugopal - speaking to reporters flanked by the CM and the lawman CM - dismissed arsenic "speculation" the speech of treatment astir alteration of leadership, and said the meetings were constricted to the upcoming RS and legislative assembly elections.
Party insiders said Siddaramaiah told Rahul helium had nary ambition to participate nationalist politics, but Rahul insisted helium wanted the seasoned OBC person successful his squad to fortify Congress nationally.
Rahul had truthful acold resisted the thought of replacing Siddaramaiah, adjacent arsenic others successful the enactment apical echelons felt that a enactment power could assistance Congress.Also read: Congress says nary tussle betwixt Siddaramaiah, DKS for Karnataka CM postParty insiders said Siddaramaiah sought clip to consult his loyalists earlier taking a decision.
During the discussions, helium is learnt to person indicated that helium would alternatively measurement down than face Rahul, who had backed him for the CM station doubly successful his vocation contempt him being viewed arsenic an outsider wrong Congress. A rethink by Rahul marks the infinitesimal that Shivakumar has been waiting for past six months. He had each on maintained that rotational tenure was promised to him astatine the clip of the enactment of the govt.
Shivakumar was the enactment main erstwhile Congress won the authorities elections by defeating the BJP successful 2023.There was a treatment successful Siddaramaiah's campy connected whether helium should registry his protestation either by refusing to resign oregon by stepping down and declining immoderate nationalist role, sources said.In lawsuit Siddaramaiah agrees to displacement to RS, it whitethorn warrant a alteration successful the person of absorption station that is astatine contiguous held by Congress main Mallikarjun Kharge. Rahul's squad besides discussed furniture berth for Sidda's son The Congress president is acceptable to get different RS word adjacent month, and galore see Siddaramaiah to beryllium a beardown anticipation for LoP to assistance Congress with the OBC votebase.According to sources, Rahul's squad besides discussed a imaginable furniture berth for Siddaramaiah's lad Yathindra arsenic portion of the negotiations.The anticipation of shifting the 77-year-old person to RS has gained momentum up of elections to 4 Upper House seats from Karnataka successful June. Congress is assured of winning astatine slightest 3 seats.It is to beryllium seen if the CM softly agrees to fto Shivakumar regenerate him oregon puts up absorption that whitethorn unfastened the mode for a 3rd campaigner arsenic a compromise.
Siddaramaiah campy maintained that helium is inactive the overwhelming prime of the legislature party, and helium submitted a database of 108 signatures to underline his pre-eminence.After the AICC deliberations, Siddaramaiah met loyal ministers and MLAs astatine his elder curate KG George's Delhi residence. He is expected to clasp different circular of consultations successful Bengaluru connected Wednesday earlier deciding his aboriginal people of action.Also read: Talks successful Delhi permission Karnataka ministers, aspirants connected edgeA elder person pointed retired that "cabinet reshuffle" successful the state, arsenic sought by Siddaramaiah, was not discussed successful the AICC meetings - which indicates that the CM's continuation was not guaranteed.Party insiders said the Congress enactment was keen to debar a "Rajasthan-like crisis", and therefore, preferred a negotiated modulation alternatively than a tense resolution.Congress insiders person precocious argued that immoderate alteration of defender would lone travel with the consent of Siddaramaiah, arsenic the enactment is mindful of his seniority arsenic besides the information that helium is simply a elder OBC person whose societal engineering gives the enactment a governmental advantage. A elder authorities person said the enactment has to see the imaginable ramifications of ejecting Siddaramaiah, whose assemblage of Kuruba has a statewide beingness and the clout to wounded the Congress.
