The much-anticipated breakfast meeting between Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar has hit a “bit of an impasse”, sources told HT on Saturday. Amid the ongoing power tussle and speculation over leadership change in Karnataka, both leaders stuck to their positions during the meeting.
Siddaramaiah urged DK Shivakumar to take over the chief minister post after the next Assembly elections in the state in 2028, sources added.
The meeting came in the backdrop of a power tussle in Karnataka after the Congress-led state government completed two-and-a-half years in power. After Siddaramaiah assumed the CM post back in 2023, a “rotational CM arrangement” or “power-sharing deal” was reportedly agreed upon.
As part of the apparent arrangement, DK Shivakumar was supposed to take over the CM role after Siddaramaiah completed half of his tenure.
Amid buzz over a possible leadership change, Siddaramaiah had invited his deputy over for breakfast this morning. The development came after the Congress high command urged both senior leaders to discuss the matter.First visuals from their Saturday morning meet shared by Shivakumar showed him and Siddaramaiah seated on a dining table. “A productive discussion on Karnataka’s priorities and the road ahead,” Shivakumar said in a tweet