Aside from ensuring his party's victory in the 2023 Karnataka and Telangana assembly polls, DK Shivakumar has consistently been the Congress's go-to man to thwart alleged poaching attempts by the BJP in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Goa
The Congress party had not announced its chief ministerial candidate for Karnataka, and all eyes are on the Congress legislative party meeting that Siddaramaiah said will take place today.
Rebel JDS MLA A H Vishwanath, who was disqualified by the Karnataka Speaker on Sunday, said the decision was against the law and he and other aggrieved legislators would approach the Supreme Court for redressal on Monday.
The Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka has plunged into crisis and could be on the verge of collapse. The political drama unfolded on June 6 after 13 Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from both the parties submitted their resignation to the Speaker’s office. However, speaker K. R. Ramesh Kumar is yet to accept all these resignations. Both the JD(S) and the Congress have been plagued by dissension over allocation of ministerial berths and distribution of Lok Sabha poll tickets. The cra