India, Dec. 3 -- Amid the ongoing tussle over the chief minister's chair, Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar said he was heading to Delhi for a private event -a move that invited a reaction from Siddaramaiah.

While Shivakumar maintained that he was going to Delhi to attend a wedding and to plan for a party event, the Karnataka CM reacted saying he would not go to the national capital unless he is formally invited.

The statement of the two leaders comes amid a tussle over the CM chair in the southern state as the Siddaramaiah-led government completed two-and-a-half years in power.

However, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar have displayed bonhomie even as the two displayed a united front during two breakfast meetings at each other's residences ...