Overview
- Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah reached New Delhi and is set to attend the December 27 Congress Working Committee meeting, which party officials say will review recent state polls and other national issues.
- Deputy chief minister and state Congress chief D.K. Shivakumar said he did not receive an invitation to the CWC and met AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge in Bengaluru to discuss political matters.
- Congress sources say a change of guard in Karnataka is unlikely to be taken up formally at the CWC, though leaders could discuss it before or after the meeting.
- Siddaramaiah is likely to seek the high command’s approval for a long-pending cabinet reshuffle, and he could also raise the question of appointing a new KPCC president if he gets an opportunity.
- Local jockeying intensified, with posters touting minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed as an “upcoming DCM” in Bengaluru and an Ahinda convention planned in Mysuru on January 25 to signal support for Siddaramaiah.