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Catch 22-Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar are both crucial for Congress' Karnataka strategy

Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala is currently in Karnataka for what is being called a feedback-cum-review exercise to evaluate the performance of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led government. Surjewala, himself, called it purely an organisational exercise

Congress leaders also insist that there was "no plan to replace Siddaramaiah with DK Shivakumar." On Monday, the duo also posed hand in hand to dispel speculations of a rift. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the "party high command has got the power" to take a call on change in leadership while ...