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Leadership Transition Talk in Karnataka Congress

Friday, May 29, 2026
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Leadership Transition Talk in Karnataka Congress

Amid all the talk about leadership in Karnataka, things got moving on Thursday. Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar actually went out and sought Siddaramaiah’s blessings. It happened at a breakfast meeting, right at the Chief Minister’s official place in Bengaluru.

Visuals of it, the hugging, touching feet—that stuff just exploded online. It felt incredibly loaded. People immediately started reading that there was some kind of shift happening, that the Congress leadership was actually thinking about a transition.

This meeting, it wasn't just a casual chat. It was happening right when reports were swirling that Siddaramaiah might actually step down. To make room for Shivakumar .

Of course, the Congress hasn't actually said anything official. Silence.

But the context is thick. Siddaramaiah hosted the whole thing for his cabinet folks. It just happened.

Shivakumar , naturally, was the one everyone pegged as the frontrunner if this move went through. He was there with the other ministers.

All this came a day after those intense, back-and-forth consultations back in Delhi with the Congress high command. A lot was happening there.

They’d been summoned to the capital earlier this week. Back-to-back meetings. With Rahul Gandhi. Kharge. The general secretaries. All that high-level stuff.

And the whispers from those talks? They suggested the leadership had asked Siddaramaiah to make way. After the government had hit that halfway mark, you know, the five years.

There were talks about a central role for the veteran leader. A Rajya Sabha seat too. But Siddaramaiah hasn't aGreed to anything yet. He hasn't accepted the proposal.

Siddaramaiah had reportedly been looking at the Governor, Thaawarchand Gehlot, after those high-level discussions. A meeting with the Governor.

But there was a snag. Lok Bhavan sources said the Governor wasn't even in Bengaluru. He was in Indore for personal reasons.

Meanwhile, the Congress leaders kept the public line firm. No formal decision. Nothing official.

Randeep Singh Surjewala, the AICC General Secretary for Karnataka, he stepped in Wednesday. He basically said they hadn't held a legislature party meeting. And told the media to stop the speculation.

The party elects its leader. That’s how the Chief Minister position is supposed to work.

The whole leadership tussle, it’s been simmering for a while now. Since the party took over in May 2023.

At that point, both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar were vying for the top spot. After the Assembly elections. It was a real fight.

Then the government crossed that halfway point in November 2025. And suddenly, the pressure from Shivakumar’s side to make a change got really intense. It just built up.

Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board

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