Bengaluru, Oct. 16 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar today said he chose imprisonment over political gain to remain loyal to the Congress when the coalition government in the state collapsed.
Speaking at the launch of a book authored by KM Raghu at the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) Hall here, Shivakumar recalled his decision to stay with the party during a political crisis.
"I chose to remain in jail as a party loyalist when the coalition government fell," he said, narrating how he rushed from Kanakapura to Bengaluru to persuade ten MLAs who were on the verge of resigning.
The Dy CM revealed that an official had asked him whether he would prefer becoming Deputy Chief Minister or going to...