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The biggest political change can be seen in Karnataka politics after the 2023 assembly elections. According to Congress sources, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah may resign from his post on Thursday. After long meetings with the Congress high command in Delhi, discussions about change of leadership in the state have intensified.

According to sources, Siddaramaiah may also hold a press conference in Bengaluru on Thursday (May 28). Before this, he will hold a breakfast meeting with the entire cabinet at his official residence. This meeting is being considered very important because the Congress leadership is trying to control internal discontent regarding the possible change of power in the state.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, KC Venugopal and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Surjewala attended the meetings that lasted for about seven hours in Delhi. However, publicly Congress leaders denied the change of leadership and said that the meeting was only regarding Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections.

After the meeting, KC Venugopal said, “Today’s discussion was only around Rajya Sabha elections and Legislative Council elections. Whatever guess you made is not true. We had a meeting. CM, DCM and Randeep were present. Today the entire discussion was focused on Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council seats only. Stop guessing.”

But sources claim that behind closed doors, Siddaramaiah was proposed to leave the post of Chief Minister and play a bigger role in Delhi politics. The Congress leadership described him as the key OBC face of the party and talked about playing an active role at the national level before the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.

According to a source, “He was told that he is a big OBC face and the party wants him to play a bigger role at the national level ahead of the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.” Sources also say that the Congress leadership assured Siddaramaiah that if he goes to Delhi via Rajya Sabha, everything else and his affairs will be taken care of.

Congress is currently working on a strategy to send Siddaramaiah to Delhi in a respectable manner so that the message does not go that he has been removed from Karnataka politics. The party believes that sending him to Delhi through Rajya Sabha could be a better way to maintain his political stature and influence.

The last date for nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections is June 8, so the Congress leadership has very little time left to take a decision. Of the four Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant from Karnataka, Congress is likely to win three seats while one seat may go to BJP.

Amidst this entire incident, DK Shivakumar has once again come to the center of power politics in Karnataka. Ever since the formation of the Congress government in 2023, it has been discussed that a power sharing formula was decided between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, under which first Siddaramaiah would become the Chief Minister and later Shivkumar was to get the chance. However, Congress never publicly ratified any such agreement.

Now if Siddaramaiah resigns, it is almost certain that DK Shivakumar will become the Chief Minister. However, the Congress leadership also wants to ensure that the change of power is not presented as the victory of one group and the defeat of the other, as this may further increase factionalism in the state Congress.

This entire strategy of Congress is not considered to be limited to Karnataka only. Rahul Gandhi is continuously making caste census and OBC politics a national issue. In such a situation, promoting Siddaramaiah as a national OBC face is being considered a part of Congress’s larger strategy for the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. Now all eyes are on Siddaramaiah’s possible press conference on Thursday, where a major change in Karnataka politics can be formally announced.

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