Bengaluru/IBNS, June 30 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday showcased their "unity" holding hands amid the Congress' reported bid to remove factionalism in the unit, media reports said.

The two top leaders held hand-in-hand and gave high-five at a public event in Mysuru.

Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, who were looking in all happy faces on Monday, fought each other to grab the Chief Minister's post after Congress won Karnataka in 2023.

Last year, Shivakumar had questioned the Congress government's Shakti scheme that allows free travel in buses for women saying some women are willing to pay fares.

Later, he made a U-turn after being pulled up by Congress national president Mallikarju...