'Kharge sir said ... ': DKS insists all is well between him and Sidda

NEW DELHI: Karnataka lawman main curate and authorities Congress president DK Shivakumar reaffirmed connected Tuesday that determination is "no confusion" regarding the enactment contented wrong the authorities government, asserting that his knowing with Karnataka main curate Siddaramaiah had already been clarified earlier the Congress precocious command.Speaking to reporters earlier departing for New Delhi, Shivakumar addressed increasing speculation astir a imaginable alteration successful leadership, saying, "There is nary confusion. We, the CM and I, cognize what we discussed. We did not talk separately oregon successful secret, I and Siddaramaiah, and the enactment leaders spoke together. We are acting according to what we discussed. Others making statements oregon giving opinions successful favour of oregon against immoderate MLA oregon curate harms the enactment and does not springiness a bully sign.

Mallikarjun Kharge sir said everyone should support their mouths shut."

Shivakumar took a beardown stance against enactment members airing views connected the enactment contented publicly, reiterating AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge’s earlier directive urging Congress functionaries to absorption connected their responsibilities.Further urging everyone to not dispersed rumours, Shivakumar stated, “Whoever is making statements, either successful my favour oregon against me, whether they are ministers oregon legislators oregon whoever it is, they are damaging the party.

Such statements won't bash immoderate bully for the party. Mallikarjun Kharge had said that it volition beryllium bully if everyone unopen their mouth. We should each abide by it,” quality bureau PTI reported.His involution comes amid renewed attraction to the ongoing powerfulness tussle betwixt the 2 elder leaders, pursuing comments from Siddaramaiah’s lad and MLC Yathindra, who precocious insisted that his begetter would implicit the afloat five-year term.The statement has been reignited arsenic the Congress authorities crossed the halfway people of its tenure successful November 2025, amid whispers of a power-sharing knowing betwixt Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar during the enactment of the authorities successful 2023.Brushing speech reports that his lack from pre-budget meetings signalled a increasing divide, the lawman main curate clarified helium had sought support from the main curate owed to his scheduled engagements with the Congress enactment up of upcoming elections. "Today evening I person AICC gathering connected governmental matters related to assorted elections. I person been called by the AICC, I volition be the meeting. Election dates whitethorn beryllium announced immoderate time, we person reached that stage. I person been to Kerala. I person to spell to Assam,” helium explained.With Siddaramaiah presently holding pre-budget sessions with assorted departments up of presenting what volition beryllium his grounds 17th Budget successful March 2026, Shivakumar’s Delhi travel has sparked further governmental curiosity.Asked whether helium intended to conscionable enactment precocious bid members during his visit, helium said, “once I spell there, I volition conscionable everyone possible. Parliament league is besides on, volition surely conscionable if they are free.”Dismissing speech among immoderate Congress legislators that helium mightiness instrumentality with “good news”, Shivakumar struck an optimistic tone, “Every time is simply a bully quality for me. Every time is simply a bully beingness for me. Every time is simply a bully opening for me. Every time is simply a palmy time for me. So each time is good, happy, besides each time is difficult, arsenic thing is easy. To resoluteness the difficulties of the radical each day, determination volition beryllium batch of difficulties and issues, determination volition beryllium obstacles, criticism.

We person to look them and proceed with our work.”