Bengaluru, Nov. 21 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday dismissed speculation about a change in the Chief Minister post, saying that leaders meeting party high command is normal and no one can stop them from doing so.

Speaking to the reporters in Bengaluru, DK Shivakumar said, "...All are eligible to go and meet their leaders. You can't stop them, you can't tell them no, because so many are going with ministers. Some of them are going with the CM. Who will stop them? No one will stop them..."

He made the remarks amid reports that several MLAs were heading to Delhi to meet Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.

Meanwhile, a day earlier, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah downplayed the speculations of leadership...