Under pressure from the High Command, CM Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar held a joint press meet to end speculation over the power-sharing deal. They declared “no differences,” shifting the focus to the 2028 elections and governance stability.
Siddaramaiah-Shivakumar Joint Press Meet Karnataka Power Sharing Denial
The highly publicised, month-long political infighting that has plagued the Karnataka Congress unit has seemingly been forced into a pause. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy, D.K. Shivakumar (DKS), appeared together in a meticulously orchestrated joint press conference in Bengaluru, forcefully denying any “differences” and declaring that their singular focus is now the upcoming 2028 Assembly elections and the immediate need to deliver on the promises made to the state.
The core message—that the CM tussle is a media creation and the government is fully stable—was amplified after a High Command-prompted breakfast meeting between the two leaders at the Chief Minister’s residence. This public display of political unity was clearly a move designed to douse the speculative fire that had been raging since the Congress government crossed the halfway mark of its five-year tenure, reviving intense chatter about an alleged 2.5-year power-sharing agreement for the top post.
