Siddaramaiah Shuts CM Change Talks: 'No Vacancy in Karnataka'

Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Siddaramaiah said there was no agreement regarding any transfer of power. 'Both Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and I have repeatedly made it clear that we are committed to the decision of the party high command,' he said.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has firmly dismissed the ongoing speculation about a possible change in leadership in the state, calling it a “media creation” and stating that there is no room for such assumptions.

Speaking to the media at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, Siddaramaiah clarified that the Congress party's in-charge for Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala, had already stated that his meetings with MLAs were not related to any change in the Chief Minister's post.

Once the AICC general secretary himself has said there is no such discussion, there is no room for speculation. This entire talk is a creation of the media," Siddaramaiah said.

No discussion taken place, that is my reply,” he added when asked if the topic of Chief Minister change is over. On whether he will be completing his full five-year term as Chief Minister, he responded, “Mr. DK Shivakumar himself said it that there is no vacancy of the Chief Minister post.