Bengaluru, Dec. 24 -- Senior Congress leaders from Karnataka moved on Tuesday to play down speculation about leadership changes and internal churn, even as the party prepares for a Congress Working Committee meeting in Delhi on December 27 and faces renewed scrutiny over organisational issues in the state.

Chief minister Siddaramaiah said the upcoming meeting would be limited strictly to members of the Congress Working Committee, dismissing suggestions that broader consultations were planned. "I am not a member of the CWC. They have only called CWC members," he said, responding to questions about whether Karnataka leaders had been summoned amid rumours of a rotational chief ministership.

Meanwhile, deputy chief minister Shivakumar, spea...