BENGALURU: Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar has clarified that there is no leadership tussle within the Congress-led government between him and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Shivakumar made the statement while answering the Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka in the Assembly on Monday, who raised the issue of a leadership tussle, referring to his cryptic social media posts on leadership.
R. Ashoka stated, “For the last one month, D.K. Shivakumar’s speeches and his tweets are signalling all is not well. In one tweet, he conveys a hundred meanings. In one word, he conveys tens of meanings. That’s why everyone is confused. Not only us, but people from the ruling party are also confused."
Answering this, Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar stated, “We have grown by going through many struggles. Our strength is 139 MLAs. All of us are together, including Siddaramaiah."