A day of consultations between the Congress high command and Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar ended with a firm denial of any plans to change the state's leadership arrangement.
The party insisted that the discussions were strictly confined to strategies for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, with Congress general secretary KC Venugopal stating that there was 'no reality' to speculation about a leadership change.
Venugopal maintained that the talks in Delhi were linked to electoral matters concerning Karnataka, particularly upcoming Rajya Sabha and legislative council vacancies.
The Congress leadership heard the positions of Siddaramaiah and deputy CM D. K. Shivakumar through separate and joint meetings at the All India Congress Committee headquarters.
