Karnataka Congress Crisis: High Command To Hold Crucial Meet Amid Power-Sharing Tensions

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A special news report highlights the escalating political tension in Karnataka as the Congress High Command prepares to intervene in the power-sharing dispute. The segment discusses the completion of the two-and-a-half-year timeline, prompting renewed friction between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. An unidentified speaker notes that while a show of unity is expected at a breakfast meeting, the underlying leadership ambitions remain unresolved. The programme also details the upcoming intervention by Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to address the crisis.

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00:00So that 2023 confusion is what set the stage for 2025 confusion.

00:05For the chaos that's unfolding, the high command kind of ensured a quick fix solution in 2023,

00:11thinking we'll handle the crisis when it happens later.

00:14Guess what? 2025, they weren't prepared.

00:17And that's why you're seeing the situation where after two and a half years,

00:20that timeline transpired last week.

00:23So after that, in the next one plus week, we've been seeing all of this chaos,

00:27all of this power flexes and whatnot, with the high command silently watching on.

00:33But importantly, tomorrow is the meeting of the high command.

00:38Karge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahu Gandhi will be holding a bulliside meet focused just on Karnataka.

00:43So there is a possibility that after that,

00:45a summon will be issued by the high command to Sidra Maya and DK Shurukumar.

00:49There is a possibility that even today, after the breakfast meet,

00:52when clearly, and I can guarantee this to you,

00:55there will be a show of unity of sorts.

00:57Both will come out holding hands, saying all is well, we are united.

01:01There's no question of us being broken up.

01:03All of that messaging, after that, you could see the high command step in and say,

01:07okay, now come over to Delhi, let's discuss what's happening.

01:11Those meetings, however, will be one-on-one,

01:13where you will have DK Shurukumar, Sidra Maya making their pitch.

01:17Nothing changes with this breakfast meet.

01:19DK Shurukumar still wants to be chief minister.

01:21Sidra Maya still wants to remain the chief minister.

01:23So nothing changes.

01:25Their demands, what they want, remains the same.

01:27It's only a question of ensuring the right optics of the process,

01:31that this is something that they want to message across to the BJP,

01:34is not going to divide us or separate us.

01:38However, while those optics happen,

01:40there will be a big question mark of whether that will actually happen.

01:44That if, let's say, the high command says,

01:46Sidra Maya will remain the chief minister,

01:47will there be a full-blown rebellion by DK Shurukumar, by his camp?

01:52He's got some MLAs with him,

01:54though many would say the majority MLAs right now are with Sidra Maya.

01:59Let me bring in on this broadcast both Anagar and Apoorva,

02:02one at the chief minister's residence,

02:04the other at DK Shurukumar's residence,

02:06who's been very quiet about the developments that have happened so far.

02:10Apoorva, have you been able to pick up any information

02:12on exactly what DK Shurukumar's strategy is?

02:15As Nanga was telling us,

02:16he perhaps could request Sidra Maya to step aside,

02:20saying, give me my turn now.

02:25Well, Akshita, it's going to be a lot of discussions

02:28that is going to entail in this breakfast meeting.

02:30That's something that we know for sure about.

02:32You know, be it requests that is being put forward by DK Shurukumar

02:36or, you know, the kind of response that,

02:39you know, Sidra Maya is going to give.

02:41It is going to be a very important and crucial meeting

02:46of what will take place between these two leaders.

02:49You know, each of them, you know, extremely talented

02:53and in a way one of the top leaders of Congress there

02:57who will be battling it out face to face.

02:59This meeting will entail that they will finally get some alone time

03:03wherein they can discuss and lay it

03:06and see

03:07We have lost our connection with Apoorva.

03:18We'll reconnect with her.

03:19And as we continue getting you all the details

03:21that are coming in right now

03:22of what's happening on both sides,

03:24Sidra Maya and DK Shurukumar.

03:25Let's also talk about, you know,

03:27what these two leaders are about.

03:29Why is it so difficult for the high command to take a pick?

03:32Starting off with Sidra Maya.

03:33OBC phase, very crucial for the party,

03:36a veteran administrator.

03:39And could, if he remains the chief minister,

03:42become historic in a sense in Karnataka

03:44as the longest serving chief minister

03:46in Karnataka's history.

03:48That's what he's going for.

03:50Take a look at this report

03:51as we break down for you

03:53the political legacy

03:54of Chief Minister Sidra Maya.

03:56A second-time chief minister,

04:18a leader of Kurova community,

04:20a veteran of the political game,

04:23and arguably the Congress's tallest face

04:28in South India.

04:32What happens to Sidra Maya next

04:35may not just decide the fate

04:37of a five-decade-long political career,

04:40but also the future

04:41of the Congress in the state.

04:42Born in 1947,

04:47into a humble farming family

04:48in Mysuru's Siddharamana Hundi village,

04:51Sidra Maya's journey

04:52from a law student

04:53to becoming one of Karnataka's

04:56most influential political leaders

04:58is a story of resilience

04:59and perseverance.

05:02Beginning his political career

05:03in 1983,

05:04representing Chamundeshwari

05:06and later constituencies

05:08like Varuna,

05:09he has been elected

05:10as MLA nine times.

05:12Known for his strong auditory

05:20and mass appeal,

05:21Sidra Maya made history

05:22by serving a full five-year term

05:24as Chief Minister

05:25from 2013 to 2018,

05:29becoming the first to do so

05:31in four decades.

05:32His tenure is specially noted

05:41for launching

05:42transformative welfare initiatives

05:44dubbed the five guarantees,

05:45which include

05:46free bus rides for women,

05:49monthly cash transfers

05:50to housewives,

05:51subsidized rice distribution,

05:53free electricity

05:54for small consumers

05:55and unemployment allowances

05:57for the youth.

05:59These programs were credited

06:01with consolidating

06:02his political base

06:03and securing Congress

06:04a strong victory

06:06in the 2023 state elections.

06:12Sidra Maya is also respected

06:14first fiscal prudence,

06:16having presented

06:1716 state budgets

06:18and balancing the state's finances

06:20responsibly.

06:22As a vocal champion

06:23of backward classes,

06:25he has championed

06:25the caste census

06:27and pushed for increased

06:28social and economic justice,

06:30positioning himself

06:31as a leader

06:32who seeks to redefine

06:33Karnataka's caste dynamics.

06:35As Karnataka's political future unfolds,

06:43Sidra Maya remains

06:44a key figure

06:44whose legacy of welfare

06:46and backward class advocacy

06:48continues to shave

06:49the state's governance.

06:51But after over half a century

06:53of political experience,

06:55his greatest test

06:56now remains

06:57the threat within.

07:00Bureau Report,

07:01India Today.

07:05So that's the story,

07:08the political story

07:09of Sidra Maya.

07:10Let's focus now

07:11on D.K. Shukur.

07:17Deputy Chief Minister,

07:18Karnataka Congress Chief,

07:19troubleshooter-in-chief

07:21for the Congress,

07:22not just in Karnataka,

07:24but beyond as well.

07:25Karnataka,

07:26but beyond as well.

07:29Influential Vokaliga leader

07:30and that's what makes him

07:32so crucial

07:33to the Congress's plans,

07:34not just in Karnataka,

07:35but Neesha White as well.

07:37Take a look at this report.

07:47Dodala Halli Kempe Gowda

07:49Shivakumar,

07:50popularly known as

07:51D.K. Shivakumar,

07:52is one of Karnataka's

07:53most formidable

07:54political forces.

07:56A leader who rose

07:58from a modest farming family,

08:00he has climbed the ranks

08:01to become one of the

08:02most influential faces

08:03of the Congress in the state

08:05and the party's crisis man.

08:08From early on,

08:09Shivakumar showed

08:10sharp political instinct.

08:12He entered electoral politics

08:14in 1989

08:15at the age of 27

08:17when he contested

08:18and won

08:19the Sata Noor constituency.

08:21And he never looked back.

08:30Over the decades,

08:31he has been elected

08:32eight times,

08:33never losing

08:34a single

08:35assembly election,

08:36a rare consistency

08:38in Karnataka politics.

08:40His political journey

08:41has seen him hold

08:42several key

08:43ministerial portfolios,

08:44each adding

08:46to his reputation

08:47as a strong,

08:48hands-on leader.

08:52But his biggest value

08:54lies in being

08:55the Congress's

08:56troubleshooter

08:57due to his

08:58consistent success

08:59in managing

09:00political crisis,

09:02preventing the defection

09:03of party legislators

09:04and forming

09:05coalition governments

09:06against the odds.

09:08Whether it be

09:11acing resort politics

09:12to keep MLA's

09:13loyal during

09:14power struggles

09:15or rapidly engineering

09:17the 2018

09:18Congress JTS

09:19government in

09:19Karnataka

09:20under the BGP's

09:21nose,

09:22DKS is the party's

09:24ever-reliable

09:25go-to-man.

09:31A loyal Congress

09:32leader,

09:33Shivakumar

09:34worked relentlessly

09:35to strengthen

09:35the party's

09:36grassroots network.

09:38Today,

09:39he serves as

09:39the president

09:40of the

09:40Karnataka Pradesh

09:41Congress Committee,

09:43steering the party's

09:44strategy and

09:45organization

09:45across the state.

09:47But his heart

09:48remains on the

09:49top job,

09:50which was denied

09:50to him in 2023

09:52in favor of

09:53Sidharmaya,

09:54while he got

09:54the deputy's role.

09:55from Kanakapura's

10:07fields to the

10:08highest decision-making

10:09tables in

10:10Karnataka.

10:11D.K.

10:11Shiva Kumar's rise

10:12has so far

10:13reflected ambition

10:14and an unbroken

10:16winning streak.

10:17In a twist of fate,

10:20though,

10:21his credentials

10:21have now presented

10:22the Congress

10:23High Command

10:24with a crisis

10:24that ordinarily

10:26the party

10:27would have

10:27entrusted him

10:28to resolve.

10:29Bureau Report,

10:30India Today.

Karnataka Congress Crisis: High Command To Hold Crucial Meet Amid Power-Sharing Tensions

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