DKS Focuses on Seats Congress Lost in 2023 Polls

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, also KPCC president, on the eve of his visit to New Delhi, where he is likely to meet Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday, proved himself to be quite a task master on Monday.

- Devaraj B Hirehalli @Bengaluru

Giving a pep talk to 86 Congress candidates who were defeated in the 2023 Assembly polls, he advised them to gear up for the upcoming polls to local bodies, help set up Congress Bhavans in their assembly constituencies and get rewarded with the party ticket for the 2028 Assembly polls. Shivakumar is likely to report his findings on the party's status and alleged controversial statements of certain ministers to Rahul and Kharge, sources said.