Bengaluru, Dec. 20 -- Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday dismissed claims of a two-and-a-half-year "power-sharing arrangement" within the state government, as his deputy DK Shivakumar asserted that he and the CM have come to an agreement with the involvement of the Congress high command, and that both of them will abide by it.
Later, Shivakumar told reporters: "I never said, he will not be there (as CM) for five years... As the high command is with him, he is chief minister today."
"Both of us have come to an agreement, the high command has got us to an understanding, as per that both of us have discussed and have said several times we will abide by it and go ahead." P12
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