The ongoing tussle over leadership within the Congress party in Karnataka is now clearly visible. Due to this tussle, there was political turmoil in both the country’s capital Delhi and Bengaluru on Tuesday. Six to eight party MLAs supporting state Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar reached Delhi late on Sunday (November 23, 2025) in an attempt to put pressure on the party high command. MLAs of Shivkumar group have marched towards Delhi for the third time in the last one week. These groups are continuously trying to meet the party high command. Along with this, they also demand that the party should clearly answer all their complaints and questions related to leadership. However, the efforts of the MLAs to mobilize before the Congress high command in Delhi have made it clear that the ongoing struggle for leadership within the organization in the state has now become more intense.
Siddaramaiah is making strong strategy in Bengaluru
On the other hand, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is also strengthening his strategy to reverse DK Shivakumar’s move. Siddaramaiah called a closed-door meeting at his Kaveri residence on Monday (November 24, 2025) amid the tussle over leadership within the party. In this secret meeting that lasted for half an hour under the leadership of CM Siddaramaiah, state ministers Dr. G Parameshwara, HC Mahadevappa, Zameer Ahmed Khan and his legal advisor A. S. Ponna was included.
Kharge’s camp in Bengaluru amid political uproar in Karnataka
Whereas Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, who was to return to Delhi, has planned to stay in Bengaluru amid the political uproar in the state. Many state ministers and senior party leaders are personally meeting Congress Party National President Mallikarjun Kharge, from which it is clear that Kharge is trying to calm down the political uproar in the state before the party.
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