Bengaluru, July 2 -- Ramanagara Congress MLA Iqbal Hussain on Tuesday said that he would urge All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala to appoint DK Shivakumar as the chief minister.

"If change does not happen, the Congress cannot win a majority in the 2028 assembly polls and retain power," Hussain told reporters. He claimed that over 100 of the party's 137 MLAs backed Shivakumar for the top job.

With Surjewala holding one-on-one meetings with Congress legislators in Bengaluru, loyalists of Shivakumar are publicly campaigning for their leader to replace chief minister Siddaramaiah.

Hussain also said Shivakumar's leadership was key to the party's 2023 victory and highlighted his role in organising th...