Overview
- An official statement said the deputy chief minister scrubbed his WEF visit to hold meetings with AICC leaders on the Assam Assembly elections and to steer Karnataka’s campaign over changes to MGNREGA.
- D.K. Shivakumar said any discussion on the Karnataka chief minister’s post is a private matter between him, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress high command.
- He attended preparatory meetings in Delhi with Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and other leaders after being named the Congress observer for the Assam polls, later asserting that Congress would prevent polarisation there.
- The leadership question in Karnataka remains unresolved, with supporters talking up a possible change and senior allies publicly saying no transition is imminent.
- Industries Minister M. B. Patil will represent Karnataka at Davos, while Shivakumar also plans consultations with legal counsels and Union ministers on irrigation projects and prepares for a special Assembly session from January 22.