BENGALURU, June 21 -- In November-December, Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar is likely to take over as the Chief Minister of the state, replacing the veteran Kuruba leader, Siddaramaiah, sources from the state government told The Sunday Guardian.

Recently, soon after CM Siddaramaiah announced that his government was going to hold a new caste census in the next three months, MLC A.S. Vishwanath slammed the Chief Minister by stating that he was lying as it took the same Siddaramaiah two years to conduct a caste census 10 years ago in Karnataka, spending Rs 170 cr at the time. Now that the teachers will not be free during these three months as the schools have just reopened, it is practically impossible for the Siddaramaiah...