K’TAKA CONGRESS TRUCE HOLDS, CRISIS UNSOLVED

HE joust for power in Karnataka may have paused, but tension between the two main players of the Congress remains.

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With the government completing half its term in November, the leadership crisis reached a breaking point. Two breakfast meetings between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar brought little clarity on whether power will change hands soon. While koli (chicken) curry and Cartier watches dominated media and opposition chatter, the outcome stayed hazy. The leaders have left the decision to the high command, insisting they remain "brothers" who will work together for the state and aim to win the 2028 elections. For now, hostilities have cooled due to other pressures: the winter session in Belagavi, where an aggressive opposition is set to corner the government over the po