Bengaluru, Nov. 21 -- A group of MLAs loyal to deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday travelled to New Delhi, bolstering speculations of a change in the state's leadership, even as chief minister Siddaramaiah completes two and a half years in his latest term in office.

Senior party members, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that minister N Chaluvarayaswamy and legislators Iqbal Hussain, H C Balakrishna, and S R Srinivas were among those who flew to the capital, where they are expected to meet members of the party's high command.

The delegation also included a group of advocates from the Vokkaliga community, to which Shivakumar belongs, party insiders said, adding that around a dozen MLAs are expected to join the delegati...