Karnataka energy tussle: Congress’ KC Venugopal met with loud ‘DK, DK’ chants at airport — watch | India Information – The Occasions of India


NEW DELHI: A day later Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and deputy CM DK Shivakumar displayed a terrific present of unity, Congress normal secretary KC Venugopal was welcomed with “DK, DK” chants at Mangaluru airport.After their second breakfast meet, the 2 leaders had declared that they’d “run the federal government collectively,” leaving the management choice with the “get together excessive command” amid escalating energy tussle inside the Congress.“There are not any variations. Me and DK Shivakumar are united. We are going to run the federal government collectively sooner or later as properly. All our MLAs are united, and unitedly we’ll face the opposition. We’re in the identical get together, we observe the identical ideology, and we work collectively. Sooner or later, too, each of us will work collectively and convey the get together again to energy,” Siddaramaiah stated after the assembly.“This unity isn’t one thing new as we speak; we’ve got all the time been united. No matter choice Rahul Gandhi makes, we’ll act accordingly; that’s what I’ve stated,” he added.Siddaramaiah stopped by DK Shivakumar’s house for “breakfast 2.0,” a follow-up to their earlier weekend assembly on the chief minister’s Cauvery residence — a transfer extensively considered as one other try to dial down tensions between the 2 senior Congress leaders.The renewed outreach comes after the Congress excessive command urged each leaders to shut ranks and challenge unity forward of the Belagavi legislature session starting December 8.