Bengaluru, Nov. 27 -- Influential religious leaders and senior ministers in Karnataka have stepped in amid the ongoing power struggle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, adding new layers to an already volatile political situation in the Congress-ruled state.
The contest, simmering since the government's formation in 2023, resurfaced this week after fresh statements from community seers aligned with both leaders. The leadership churn, which had remained largely within party corridors, has now spilled into the public domain with caste dimensions becoming more pronounced.
A prominent Kuruba seer, seen as a supporter of Siddaramaiah, declared that "MLAs are the ones who must decide who is the Chief Mi...