Belagavi, Dec. 12 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has said that "Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will respond" to the recent remarks made by MLC Yathindra over the Chief Minister's post within the state government.

Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah, who is also the son of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, stated earlier that the CM would continue in office for the full five-year term.

"The Chief Minister will respond to him," Shivakumar said on Thursday while speaking to reporters at the Circuit House and Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi, where the winter session of the state legislature is underway.

Turning to the controversy over the Hate Speech Prevention Bill, which the state government is preparing to introduce, Shivakumar str...