The Congress sees a worthwhile chance if it performs its enjoying playing cards correct, nonetheless the competing chief ministerial objectives of Siddaramaiah and D.Ok. Shivakumar could flip spoilsport
ISSUE DATE: Apr 24, 2023 | UPDATED: Apr 14, 2023 20:22 IST
Senior Congress leaders D.Ok. Shivakumar, G. Parameshwar and Siddaramaiah at a protest in the direction of the BJP in Bengaluru, Mar. 24. (Photo: AFP)
Last August, quite a bit sooner than Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra commenced from Kanyakumari, the Congress in Karnataka acquired into election mode with a gift of energy that set alarm bells ringing throughout the state’s ruling BJP. The occasion was former chief minister Siddaramaiah’s seventy fifth birthday for which his loyalists mobilised a rally at Davanagere, the likes of which hadn’t been seen currently, with crowds spilling over to choke the freeway transiting through town in central Karnataka. In the run-up to that event, nonetheless, the central Congress administration was cautious of 1 important problem which may distract the social gathering from its attempt to reclaim vitality in Karnataka—the competing ambitions of Siddaramaiah and state Congress president D.Ok. Shivakumar.
Published By:
Arindam Mukherjee
Published On:
Apr 14, 2023
