BELAGAVI: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday dismissed speculation about the nature of a dinner meeting that he had on Thursday night.

Shivakumar said, “Who said? There was no dinner meeting or anything. I had gone for a dinner to my former DCC president to pay respects. They contributed a lot to Karnataka and Belagavi. So to honour them, I went along with my friends. There is no other politics”.

Earlier, the BJP in Karnataka mounted an all-out attack on the Siddaramaiah government in the state, terming the incumbent government as the most unpopular. Karnataka Assembly LoP R Ashoka said, “As compared to Siddaramaiah of 2013, Siddaramaiah of 2025 is the worst. This term is the worst in the history of Karnataka. Totally unpopular”.

BJP MLC Chalavadi Narayanaswamy alleged that

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