Overview
- Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar traveled to Delhi with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and said he would meet party leaders without disclosing whom.
- He stayed an extra day in the capital and is hosting a March 10 dinner for MLAs and MLCs to mark six years as KPCC chief, with a Congress Legislature Party meeting expected next.
- Party insiders say some legislators loyal to Shivakumar have discussed going to Delhi to urge the AICC to consider a leadership change after the budget session ends on March 27.
- Chief Minister M. Siddaramaiah said he will follow whatever the high command decides and, separately, publicly praised Shivakumar’s six-year tenure leading the state unit.
- One outlet reported that Shivakumar intends to quit as KPCC president after six years, a claim not corroborated by other publications.