Bengaluru : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday reacted sharply to a reporter who asked about a possible leadership change and dismissed speculation that his deputy D K Shivakumar could take charge in November.

The reporter sought the chief minister’s reaction to reports claiming that Shivakumar had set November 21 as the date to take oath as the next CM.

“Has he (Shivakumar) told you? How did you come to know?” Siddaramaiah shot back.

When the reporter replied that he had read it in a newspaper, the chief minister retorted, “How will you see it in the newspaper? Which newspaper? I didn’t see it anywhere, though I read all the newspapers.”

There has been speculation about a possible leadership change as the Congress government approaches the halfway mark of its term ne

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