DKS Shouldn't Misuse AICC Name All The Time, Says Rajanna

Adds whether Siddu will complete his full term of 5 years as CM is left to high command

- Devaraj B Hirehalli @Bengaluru

The spat between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's coterie of ministers and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar continued on Monday. Cooperation Minister KN Rajanna, a Siddaramaiah loyalist, hit back at Shivakumar, who had asked party leaders not to misuse the chief minister's name.

"I have not misused anyone's name. It is a fact that he (Shivakumar) misuses the AICC name all the time and he should not do it for everything," Rajanna told reporters.

Later interacting with the media, Shivakumar refused to reply to Rajanna, saying, "I don't want to comment on it now. I am off to a party event in Kerala. After that I am heading to Rajasthan to attend the ministers' meeting. I will comment once I am back."