Bengaluru, Nov. 26 -- Deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar said everything there was to say on the ongoing power struggle in the state, without really saying anything, when he admitted, during a visit to his constituency Kanakpura on Tuesday, that there was a "secret deal" between "five-six" Congressmen on the chief minister's post but that he did not want to "speak publicly on it" to avoid embarrassing or weakening the party.

His comments, came on the same day chief minister Siddaramaiah asked the Congress' central leadership to "take a decision", so as to "end the confusion".

Ever since the Congress won the Karnataka assembly elections in March 2023, there has been buzz of an agreement between Siddaramiah and Shivakumar, blessed by th...