Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar on Saturday stated that nobody within the social gathering ought to discuss any power-sharing “agreement or formula” involving him and CM Siddaramaiah, as he clarified that there was no such a factor.
Karnataka Congress president and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar. (File Picture)
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He, nonetheless, stated that they had been working with some “political understanding”.
This assertion from Shivakumar, who can be the state Congress chief, got here days after Siddaramaiah rejected his declare that they’ve a power-sharing pact.
“No one should talk about any oppanda (agreement). There is no formula (power-sharing formula) or anything. We are both working with some political understanding. I have never spoken about any formula, there is nothing. What I told the national channel is we have come to some understanding.
“The CM has been entrusted with some duty and I am entrusted with some. I am functioning accordingly,” Shivakumar said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, “There is no such thing as a want or there isn’t any scenario for anybody to talk about any formulation. I’ve already stated that no matter CM has stated is remaining, and it (matter) is now closed or completed.”
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Reacting to Siddaramaiah’s comments, Shivakumar said whatever the chief minister says is final, there is no objection to it.
Rejecting the possibility of any power-sharing agreement involving CM and Deputy CM, before Congress formed a government, Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said, ultimately, the high command will take a decision, and everyone will abide by it.
There was stiff competition between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar for the chief minister’s post after the declaration of Assembly election results in May last year, and the Congress had managed to convince the latter and made him the deputy chief minister.
There were some reports at the time that a compromise had been reached based on a “rotational chief minister formulation,” based on which Shivakumar will turn out to be CM after two-and-half years, however they haven’t been formally confirmed by the social gathering.
Shivakumar has made no secret of his ambition to turn out to be chief minister.