Postponement of Cong's dinner sparks power struggle concerns

Why should DKS feel threatened by a dinner party? This isn't about him KN RAJANNA, Minister

- HT Correspondent

BENGALURU: A day after the Congress's dinner meeting with Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) MLAs, MPs, and ministers was postponed, the supporters of chief minister Siddaramaiah have said that it was "only a political meeting", and was not about deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar.

Home minister G Parameshwara had said on Tuesday that the dinner meeting of ministers, Congress leaders and Dalit leaders, which was scheduled to take place on Wednesday, was postponed after directives from the Congress high command.

According to a press release issued by the minister on Tuesday, the meeting has been postponed on the instructions of AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala, and the next date of the meeting will be informed later. The postponement has intensified speculation about internal power struggles within the Karnataka Congress.

Minister KN Rajanna, a vocal supporter of Siddaramaiah, dismissed concerns over the postponement and said: "The dinner is not cancelled; it's only delayed.