Siddu seizes initiative in power tussle, woos former adversaries

The power game over chief minister's post, seemingly, has started in the state as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, also KPCC president, have begun taking positions.

- DEVARAJ B HIREHALLI @Bengaluru

THE power game over chief minister's post, seemingly, has started in the state as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, also KPCC president, have begun taking positions.

Close on the heels of Shivakumar meeting the AICC general secretary (organisation), KC Venugopal, and Karnataka in-charge, Randeep Singh Surjewala, on Tuesday late night Siddaramaiah, here on Thursday, met Congress Working Committee permanent invitee and MLC, BK Hariprasad. He sent out a message that he is set out to garner the support of the AHINDA leaders for continuing in the post.

Hariprasad, an aide of Sonia Gandhi, was known for avenging Siddaramaiah as the latter did not consider the former for a cabinet berth when Congress came to power in 2023.

But some time back, they patched up and on Thursday held a one-on-one talk. It is learnt that they discussed three key issues.