NEW DELHI: Will the Congress replace Siddaramaiah with D K Shivakumar as the chief minister of Karnataka? Had the top Congress leadership agreed to a power-sharing formula in 2023 to broker truce between two of its tallest leaders in the state - both vying for the top post? While the Congress has refused to clear the air on these questions, the supporters of the two heavyweights have on several occassions made contrary claims in the open much to the embarrassment of the party leadership. Little wonder then on November 20, when Siddaramaiah completed two and a half years as the chief minister, reports quoting Congress sources suggested that at least 15 MLAs and about a dozen MLCs have camped in Delhi to push the party leadership to make Shivakumar the next chief minister. Ironically, K

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