Mysore/Mysuru, Jan. 14 -- * 'CM chair' battle lands on Mysore Airport runway

* Rahul Gandhi speaks to CM and Dy.CM separately, invites both to Delhi after Sankranti: Sources

Amid the ongoing "Chief Minister's chair battle" in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar held separate conversations with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the Mysore Airport yesterday.

The brief but private exchanges, which took place on the Airport tarmac, have triggered intense curiosity in State political circles.

Shivakumar reached the Airport early and held a private, three-minute conversation with Gandhi on the tarmac. Siddaramaiah joined them moments later and Rahul Gandhi held separate talks with Siddaramaiah.

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