New Delhi, May 18 (). Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar, who is one of the top contenders for the chief minister’s post in the southern state, on Wednesday said he left the decision to the party high command and Sonia Gandhi would call the two after the decision.
Meanwhile, party sources indicated that UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi may hold talks with Shivakumar and Leader of Opposition in the outgoing Assembly Siddaramaiah on Thursday to end the suspense over the chief minister’s post.
Earlier on Wednesday, Shivakumar met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi and state unit in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala and party general secretary K.C. Venugopal met.
Speaking to the media after reaching Venugopal’s residence, Kanakapura MLA Shivakumar had said, “There is nothing to disclose.” We have left it to the high command. Now I am going to rest.
He made the remarks after he was asked by the media about his multiple meetings with top Congress leaders.
Before Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah had also met Venugopal on Wednesday evening.
Siddaramaiah also met Rahul Gandhi at his residence here on Wednesday.
According to sources, both the leaders have been told that Sonia Gandhi is likely to speak with them on Thursday afternoon.
Meanwhile, another source in the party said that Sonia Gandhi had told the Karnataka state unit chief on May 14 last year during a dinner during the party’s Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, “Shivkumar, you win Karnataka this time and I I am with you
The source said that it was the words of Sonia Gandhi, who encouraged Shivakumar to do better in the Karnataka assembly elections.
Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah are in the race for the top post in the state.
The Congress, which registered a landslide victory in Karnataka on Saturday, held a CLP meeting in Bengaluru on Sunday evening. He submitted the report of the CLP meeting and voting through secret ballot to Kharge on Monday afternoon.
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