Overview
- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said there is no chief ministerial row and described talk of a change of guard as media speculation.
- He stated he is content to continue as Deputy Chief Minister and reiterated his preference to remain a party worker, a role he says he has held since 1980.
- Shivakumar emphasized that any leadership decision rests entirely with the Congress high command and pledged to accept whatever it decides.
- He said he is not meeting AICC leaders during this trip to Delhi, noting key leaders are not in the city, and described the visit as purely administrative.
- Asked about cabinet reshuffle talk and breakfast meetings with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, he called such interactions routine and declined to elaborate, while distancing himself from speculation about Priyanka Gandhi’s role.