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Karnataka Congress News: Factionalism in Karnataka Congress has been at its peak for a long time. There are mainly two groups in the party. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is in the first group and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar is in the second. Siddaramaiah has completed half of his current term. In such a situation, Shivkumar has his eyes set on the CM’s chair and he wants to become the Chief Minister of the state for the next two and a half years. Regarding this, political rivalry has increased considerably between the two camps.
Karnataka Congress News: The phase of power struggle continues in Karnataka. The Congress high command is trying to bring about a reconciliation between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. Amidst all this, on Saturday 29 November 2025, both the veteran leaders met over breakfast. Now both will hold a press conference together, in which a big announcement can be made. Siddaramaiah government of Karnataka has recently completed two and a half years of its tenure. After this, a period of speculation started whether now Deputy CM DK Shivakumar will get the command of Karnataka for the next two and a half years? Regarding this, a round of lobbying started in front of the Congress high command among the supporters of both the prominent leaders. The interesting thing is that a few days ago CM Siddaramaiah had said that he will present the next budget of the state. Along with this, he had indicated that he is not going to step down from the CM’s chair right now.
Amidst the ongoing power struggle and all kinds of speculations in the Congress government of Karnataka, the formula of Breakfast Politics was adopted so that the ice between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar could melt. Siddaramaiah also confirmed this after having breakfast. CM Siddaramaiah said that he had a short meeting with Shivakumar over breakfast and the priorities of Karnataka state were discussed. It is being told that the high command has called both the leaders to Delhi, where perhaps a common solution can be found regarding the ongoing power struggle in Karnataka Congress. On the other hand, DK Shivakumar also posted on X that he had a meaningful conversation with CM Siddaramaiah.
What was on the breakfast menu?
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar had reached Kaveri, the residence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, for a breakfast meeting on Saturday with an aim to resolve the impasse on the leadership issue. Siddaramaiah is claiming that he has got the mandate to remain the Chief Minister for the full five years, while Shivakumar indicated that he was promised that he would be handed over the reins of power after two and a half years. The issue of change of leadership has been going on for the last two months, but it intensified after the completion of two and a half years of the Congress government on November 20. The Congress high command intervened in the matter on Friday and asked both the leaders to resolve the issue by talking to them. After this, on Friday Siddaramaiah had called Shivakumar to his residence to meet him for breakfast. Before leaving for the Chief Minister’s residence, Shivakumar refused to comment and said that he would talk only after leaving Siddaramaiah’s residence. Sources in the Karnataka Chief Minister’s Office said that the breakfast menu included idli, vada, sambar, chutney and upma.
