Bengaluru, June 28 -- Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday dismissed reports of internal rift within the ruling Congress and sought to downplay his cabinet colleague KN Rajanna's remarks indicating a possible leadership change in the state.

It came a day after cooperation minister Rajanna said there will be a political development in the state after September and that there were many power centres in the Karnataka Congress.

"There is no internal dispute in the party. Minister Rajanna said that there may be developments in state politics. He did not say that such and such things will happen. It would be better to ignore his statement," Siddaramaiah told reporters at Vidhana Soudha.

When asked further about Rajanna's remarks, ...