Differences between Congress leaders on who should be the Chief Minister if the party comes to power in the 2023 State Legislative Assembly elections continued with KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar calling upon party members to “first work to bring the party to power.”
Reacting to party MLA B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan’s remark that people of the State wanted Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah to be the next Chief Minister, Mr. Shivakumar asked all party leaders to “keep their mouths shut and work to bring the party to power.” He said he was issuing the direction not only to Mr. Khan. “I am telling this to everyone,” he said.
Mr. Shivakumar told his partymen, “Stop worshipping individuals and bring more people to the party. The organisation is bigger than individual ambition.” He was apparently referring to Mr. Siddaramaiah and his loyalists, who have decided to hold a birthday event on August 3.
