India, Nov. 27 -- More shots were fired by both sides - Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar - as turmoil within the Congress over the top post intensified in public on Thursday, November 27.

In the latest, both sides are harping on the value of one's "word", or promise.

Shivakumar or DKS, 63, widely seen as a successor to 77-year-old Siddaramaiah, first posted on X about keeping one's word. This was interpreted as a public nudge to the party leadership about its reported promise that he would be made CM for the second half of the state government's five-year term. The government completed 2.5 years on November 20.

"Keeping one's word is the greatest strength in the world!" Shivakumar's post said, "Be it a judge, pres...