Overview

• Speaking in Mysuru, Siddaramaiah said he intends to serve the entire five-year tenure and will abide by whatever the party high command decides.
• Kunigal MLA H D Ranganath publicly urged the leadership to grant D K Shivakumar his due recognition, crediting him with Congress’s 140-seat win in 2023.
• Ranganath called Shivakumar his political mentor and said many workers want him to become chief minister at some point, leaving the timing to the high command.
• The party has previously warned cadres against airing leadership demands in public and issued show-cause notices, with Randeep Singh Surjewala stating there would be no change in the top post.
• Speculation about a rotational arrangement remains unconfirmed, and references to November were framed by leaders as conjecture rather than a set timeline.