Deputy CM D K Shivakumar met over 30 Congress legislators for a dinner in Belagavi amid ongoing speculation about a leadership tussle with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The gathering followed similar meetings a day earlier as the party navigates power sharing concerns

Belagavi (Karnataka): Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and over 30 Congress legislators, including some ministers, met for a dinner late on Thursday night, party sources said.

Ministers K H Muniyappa, Mankal Vaidya, Dr M C Sudhakar, MLAs N A Haris, Ramesh Bandisiddegowda, H C Balakrishna, Ganesh Hukkeri, Darshan Dhruvanarayana, Ashok Kumar Rai, K Y Nanjegowda were among those present in the meeting, the sources added.

Expelled BJP MLAs ST Somashekhar and Shivaram Hebbar also attended the dinner, they said.

The dinner

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