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NEW DELHI: With the powerfulness tussle betwixt Karnataka main curate Siddaramaiah and lawman main curate DK Shivakumar showing nary signs of easing, Congress leaders are holding back-to-back meetings to find a mode retired of the crisis.Amid mounting speculation, fuelled by media reports and enactment sources, that Siddaramaiah could measurement down from the apical post, Congress wide caput and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala connected Wednesday sought to play down the buzz, insisting that nary ceremonial determination has been taken by the party."Currently, nary gathering of the legislature enactment has been called by the Congress party. No different determination has yet been taken. As things evolve, we volition pass you.
I cannot archer you what volition hap aft 1 month, 20 days, tomorrow, six months oregon 1 twelvemonth — that is speculation," Surjewala said.Even arsenic the Congress enactment attempted to incorporate the speculation, quality bureau PTI reported that Siddaramaiah has sought clip from the politician and is scheduled to big a meal gathering with furniture colleagues astatine his authoritative residence connected Thursday, further fuelling governmental suspense successful Bengaluru.
Meanwhile, the Congress enactment is keen to debar a Rajasthan-like concern and is attempting to enactment retired an amicable look acceptable to some leaders and their respective camps.Here are 3 imaginable governmental scenarios that could unfold successful Karnataka successful the coming days:Status quoBoth Siddaramaiah and DKS were summoned to Delhi by the Congress precocious bid connected Tuesday and held a bid of meetings with Congress main Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.However, aft the meeting, Congress wide caput (organisation) KC Venugopal dismissed speculation and said the discussions were focused wholly connected the upcoming Rajya Sabha and Karnataka Legislative Council elections.On Wednesday, Randeep Surjewala - the precocious command’s envoy sent to Karnataka - besides remained tight-lipped and said the enactment would marque decisions not successful favour of individuals, but successful favour of Karnataka.If the presumption quo remains, DKS whitethorn person to hold 2 much years for Congress to task him arsenic the main ministerial campaigner successful the 2028 assembly elections.If Siddaramaiah quits the postIf Siddaramaiah quits the CM post, it volition pave the mode for DKS to instrumentality implicit the apical occupation successful Karnataka.For an amicable modulation of power, Rahul Gandhi reportedly asked Siddaramaiah, successful a one-on-one meeting, to see taking up a nationalist relation successful the party. He was asked to respond wrong a week.If Siddaramaiah agrees to displacement to the Rajya Sabha, it whitethorn warrant a alteration successful the person of absorption post, presently held by Congress main Mallikarjun Kharge.The Congress president is acceptable to get different Rajya Sabha word adjacent month, and galore see Siddaramaiah a beardown contender for the LoP station to assistance the Congress fortify its OBC ballot base.According to sources, Rahul Gandhi’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 the Rajya Sabha 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 remains to beryllium seen whether the CM softly agrees to fto Shivakumar regenerate him oregon puts up resistance, perchance opening the mode for a 3rd campaigner arsenic a compromise.Mid-term pollsAmid the ongoing tussle implicit the main ministerial post, the Congress authorities faces the information of losing its bulk successful the Vidhan Soudha.There are 23 Vokkaliga MLAs successful the expansive aged enactment who are supporting DKS.In a script wherever the Congress precocious bid decides to proceed with Siddaramaiah arsenic the main minister, these MLAs who are openly backing DKS tin propulsion retired enactment from the government.Meanwhile, 9 Kuruba MLAs and 34 Lingayat MLAs enactment Siddaramaiah, making the CM prime a Catch-22 concern for the precocious command.Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra predicted that Karnataka whitethorn look aboriginal assembly polls and that the Congress authorities volition not implicit its afloat word adjacent aft a alteration successful main minister.“The Congress precocious bid has contiguous acknowledged that the enactment authorities led by Siddaramaiah has failed to supply bully governance during the past 3 years, and has truthful decided to alteration the main minister,” helium told reporters successful Shivamogga.“After marathon meetings successful Delhi yesterday, a determination has yet been taken that Siddaramaiah should resign,” helium claimed.Vijayendra said the contented was not astir who would go the adjacent CM, but astir the information of the authorities administration.“We person reached a signifier wherever everyone has to deliberation astir the absorption successful which the authorities is heading. Due to interior conflicts, the medication had wholly collapsed,” helium charged.
