Karnataka Congress Crisis: Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar Feud Intensifies Amid High Command Silence

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In this report, the intensifying power struggle within the Karnataka Congress is brought to the fore. The fight for the Chief Minister's chair between Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar has reportedly moved from backstage to full public view. The transcript highlights that the Congress High Command remains silent while tensions erupt in the Assembly and Council. The opposition BJP is described as 'cashing in' on the discord, using 'sharp taunts' and 'meme-fests' to target the ruling party. A specific instance of 'dinner politics' is mentioned, where leaders allegedly avoided each other's events. The report also notes that Siddaramaiah 'lost his cool' when asked about visiting Delhi. The political theatre is said to be escalating with 'unusually polite overtures' masking deep rifts.

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00:00In Karnataka, the fight for the chief in his chair is no longer backstage.

00:04It's playing out in full public view with the Congress I command silent.

00:07Tensions between Sidharmaya and D.K. Shipkumar have erupted inside the Assembly and the Council.

00:13The BJP is cashing in.

00:15From sharp taunts to unusually polite overtures, the political theatre is only intensifying.

00:30The family, Guntlava's family, Congress party family.

00:34At-nayid was sindak yeel daeru.

00:36Ewa uutipane uutipane uutipane uutipane uutipane.

00:40One-dash-ya na raum coldi dawa.

00:43Ya vokta nah nahi yee meeka.

00:46Amma aru nam karnatasi reik tum dawa roh.

00:50Amma weela amma reka alala.

00:52Bigi marii nam muri ana rapatao ne na.

00:55Ya man kassa martaonele hi.

00:57D.C.M. and D.C.M.

01:26is not in terms of seeing each other.

01:31See, position has become so worst for the shake of power.

01:37So we have to see in the future.

01:40See, in the name of the vote jury,

01:41they wanted to travel to Delhi or to meet the higher-ups.

01:46So this is the situation in Karnataka.

01:49People invite you, they will choose whom to invite.

01:53You see, it is not an official dinner organized by any of them.

01:56It is not that they...

01:57Whoever is the host,

01:59Ferro said every time there is an assembly session here,

02:02he hosts dinner.

02:03He calls few people and he will host dinner.

02:06And he has called the DCM also.

02:08He was saying that I am a vegetarian, what will I eat there?

02:10And he has not come.

02:11We cannot make an issue out of it.

02:14And Karnataka Chief Minister Sidramaya lost his school

02:16when asked if he will be visiting Delhi to meet the high command.

02:25I am going to go across to Sagay for more details on that.

02:43Sagay, you know, all of this,

02:44plus these silent jibes that are now being taken,

02:47like you've been reporting,

02:48the polite overtures,

02:49overtures, you know,

02:50all of this,

02:51the meetings in both the camps,

02:53adding to this speculation that clearly all isn't well.

02:57And this right now has just become all about power play.

03:01You know,

03:01who manages to retain the seat or win that seat?

03:05Isn't it?

03:05High command silent as well,

03:07just making things worse in that sense.

03:09Absolutely.

03:14It should be blamed with high command

03:15because high command have not taken cognizance of it

03:17and rather addressed these issues in Karnataka.

03:20And even the leaders in Karnataka are not keeping quiet.

03:23There are controversial statements,

03:24whether it is Yathir Sidramaya

03:26or leaders from DK Shokumar's camp.

03:28And time and again,

03:29they had made a statement

03:30that their leader will continue

03:33or will be made as the Chief Minister of Karnataka.

03:36And even if you notice that,

03:37it has served in a golden platter

03:39for opposition party

03:40where the opposition have criticized

03:42both the leaders on the floor of house

03:44where one of the leaders from BJP

03:46has asked DK Shokumar

03:48that he is looking for a chair

03:49and he is busy with that.

03:52On the other side,

03:53when in council,

03:54the opposition party leader has questioned

03:57that your chair is unstable.

03:59So it is quite embarrassment for the party.

04:01But the larger question is

04:03that why high command is not intervening.

04:05Both the leaders say that

04:06they have been invited.

04:07There is no politics.

04:08All is well.

04:09However,

04:10not both the leaders are coming together

04:12for these dinner parties.

04:14If you notice,

04:14Sidramaya participates in another dinner party

04:17and DK Shokumar participates

04:19in his own camp dinner party.

04:21But no,

04:22both of them are not coming together.

04:24And this clearly shows

04:25that all is not well

04:26within the Congress,

04:27Karnataka government.

04:28I am going to leave with that

04:30for the moment.

04:30Sagaraj getting asked those details

04:32as far as that controversy

04:33over the CM's chair is concerned.

04:35Of course,

04:36Sidramaya got upset

04:37when asked that question

04:38on whether he is going to be meeting

04:39the Congress High Command

04:41in Delhi anytime soon.

04:42In Karnataka,

04:46the fight for the CM's chair

04:47is no longer backstage

04:49is playing out

04:49in full public view

04:51with the Congress High Command.

04:52Silent tensions

04:53between Sidramaya and DKS

04:55have erupted

04:56inside the Assembly

04:57and the Council.

04:58The BJP cashing in

04:59there are sharp taunts

05:01to unusually polite overtures.

05:03The political theatre

05:04intensifying here

05:06as we have seen.

05:07In Karnataka,

05:12the fight for the chair

05:14is no longer a whisper.

05:16It is a full-blown spectacle.

05:19With the Congress High Command

05:20still silent

05:21on who gets what,

05:23the BJP is turning up

05:24the political heat.

05:26From mocking the grand old party

05:27on social media

05:28through meme fest,

05:30now it has spilled

05:31into full-blown theatre

05:33of the absurd in the House.

05:35In the Legislative Council,

05:36Leader of Opposition,

05:38Chalavadi Narayan Swami

05:39accused rivals

05:40of questioning

05:41the CM's grip on the chair.

05:45Sidramaya hit back,

05:47blunt and shot.

05:49The chair is not

05:49the only one.

05:50The chair is not

05:51the only one.

05:54The chair is not

05:55the only one.

05:58The only one.

05:59The only one.

06:00The only one.

06:01The only one.

06:02And if the Legislative Council

06:04saw sparks,

06:05the Assembly saw

06:06taunts fly.

06:08The Deputy Chief Minister's

06:09unusual contrite behaviour

06:11drawing a mocking response

06:13from the Saffron Party.

06:14The trazer

06:16if indeed

06:17the People

06:17are

06:19the only one.

06:21The

06:22revised

06:22DPR

06:23centralized

06:24with

06:25the

06:26DK

06:26D.K.S.U.K.U.M.A.R.

06:56With the high command still tight-lipped, the Congress leadership crisis hangs in limbo.

07:14But the political storm it has triggered has only intensified.

07:20With Sagairaj, Bureau Report, India Today.

Karnataka Congress Crisis: Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar Feud Intensifies Amid High Command Silence

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