00:00Okay, over to Karnataka, where yes, the drama over Chief Minister continues over whether Sidramaya will continue or D.K. Shruvkumar will take over.
00:09D.K. Shruvkumar has been camping in the national capital in Delhi for the last few days.
00:14And now Chief Minister Sidramaya is also set to leave for Delhi shortly to attend a key meeting of the Congress Working Committee.
00:21That's tomorrow.
00:22Now, Chief Minister Sidramaya has gotten an invite for the CWC from Congress, which is why he's going to be here.
00:28But at the same time, D.K. Shruvkumar did not get an invite.
00:31This has led to increased speculation of the Congress High Command, perhaps favouring Sidramaya.
00:37D.K. Shruvkumar did get a meeting with the Congress President Malikar Junkarge at his residence in the national capital.
00:43But there's been no meeting yet with the Gandhis.
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01:58Nagarjan Dwarkarnath is joining us live from Bengaluru.
02:00We also have Rahul Gautam getting us all the latest political action from Delhi.
02:04Nagarjan, to you first on what's really on the agenda for Sidra Maya.
02:08You know, he's going to be here tomorrow for the CWC, yes.
02:11But beyond that, is there going to be any meeting with the Gandhis?
02:14A discussion perhaps on Karnataka and what's happening?
02:17At this point of time, no official communication has come in on a separate meeting
02:20between the Gandhis and Chief Minister Sidra Maya.
02:22But of course, this conversation will definitely be on the cards,
02:25is what we are told.
02:26Till last evening, he had not got a confirmation of the invite
02:29that he would attend the meeting.
02:31And finally, the call has come.
02:33And he would be part of the extended CWC that is happening.
02:35So, Sidra Maya is playing it down,
02:38saying that it's just a routine meeting that I'm attending
02:40and I think pertaining to the power tussle.
02:42While sources within the DK Shukumar camp are saying that
02:45this is a big meeting because Karge and DK Shukumar bet recently
02:49and now Sidra Maya is going to Delhi.
02:51In that pretext, there might be an off-record informal conversation
02:54with Sidra Maya as to what is happening in Karnataka
02:56and then official call might come in the Jan 1st week.
03:00Official call in the 1st week of January.
03:02But you never know really with Karnataka politics,
03:05that call has been pending for at least one and a half months now.
03:08But let me bring in Rahul Gautam for more details.
03:10Rahul, how do we read into the fact that you've got DK Shukumar
03:14camping in Delhi for the last many days,
03:16no meeting with the Gandhis whatsoever.
03:18The CWC is tomorrow in which Sidra Maya will be there,
03:21but DK Shukumar isn't.
03:27Well, not just Sidra Maya.
03:28All the three chief ministers of Congress party have been invited.
03:32So that means Revan Turetti,
03:34Stupinder Singh Suggu and Mr. Sidra Maya will be in the national capital.
03:38He'll be landing around 9.30 p.m.
03:40And we've been informed that all the three deputy chief ministers,
03:44namely DK Shukumar, Mr. Bhatti from Telangana
03:49and Mr. Agni Hoturi from Humachar Patajish,
03:52all three have not been invited.
03:53But I would definitely second what Nagarjuna said,
03:59that the official call that we've been discussing for past many days
04:02is likely to be made in the first week of January.
04:07And then you can expect that the two leaders,
04:10Sidra Maya and DK Shukumar,
04:11will be flying down to the national capital.
04:13They'll be seeing the high command.
04:15And then a decision or a formula would be worked out.
04:18But as we've been speaking with our sources,
04:21they are saying that around 9.30 p.m.
04:25Sidra Maya will be landing.
04:26Tomorrow, 10.30, he'll be attending the CWC.
04:29They're going to last for around two to three hours.
04:31And around 4 p.m., he'll be heading back to Bangalore.
04:34So there's a very, you know, very little window for him
04:37to actually meet or see Gandhi's or Malika Arjun Kharge.
04:41In that particular period,
04:42he's also going to meet several union ministers.
04:45So, you know, there's a very bleak chance
04:47that he'll be seeing either Mr. Kharge
04:50or Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi in private.
04:52You know, contrast that to the fact that DK Shukumar
04:54has been camping in Delhi for the last many days.
04:57Rahul Gautam, Nagarjun, thanks very much
04:59for joining us with those details.
05:02Let's see what plays out in Karnataka.
05:04For the last many weeks, there's been speculation.
05:06Nagarjun and Rahul tell us the first week of January
05:08is when the High Command is going to sit down
05:11with Sidra Maya and DK Shukumar
05:13and figure out exactly what is to be done
05:15about who will be going forward,
05:17the Karnataka Chief Minister.
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