Bengaluru, Dec. 22 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reiterated that the Congress party high command remains the ultimate authority on leadership matters, stressing that individual ambitions are secondary to the organisation.

"The High Command's decision is final. What Kharge ji said is right, that the party is bigger than any individual," Siddaramaiah said on Monday.

Earlier, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge sought to dispel speculation about a leadership tussle in Karnataka, asserting that there is no confusion at the central leadership level and that any such perception is limited to the state unit.

Amid renewed speculation about power sharing in Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar reiterated that he would tra...