Bengaluru: KPCC President and Chief Minister probable DK Shivakumar left for Delhi on a Vistara flight from Devanahalli Kempegowda International Airport , on Tuesday. at 9.50 am. Shivakumar, who was supposed to reach the national capital yesterday, could not do so due to illness.
Former AICC president Sonia Gandhi is returning to Delhi from Shimla today, and Shivakumar has decided to meet her on this occasion. Shivakumar said that the Congress party was his God and his temple. "Congress party is like a mother to me. God and Mother always know what to give to children. I am going to the temple to meet my god. I am going alone. The General Secretary has asked me to come alone. So I am going to Delhi alone," the KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) president said, while leaving for Delhi.
He maintained that he was in pink of his health and that the Congress party remains to be his biggest strength. "Congress party is my temple and I have done whatever my work is. People have trusted and empowered me. I have to work hard to keep the trust of the people of the state."
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Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has been holding deliberations for the past three days since the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) gave him the power to decide the candidate for the top post. The Congress top brass invited former CM Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar to come to Delhi.
The Congress, which has won 135 seats and is about to form the government with overwhelming popular support, is facing a problem in the matter of CM selection. Shivakumar has indirectly staked claim for the CM post as he has organised the party in the elections and brought it to power and Siddaramaiah has promised transparent governance if given the opportunity like before.
It is learnt that the Congress party has arrived at an equal power-sharing setup and other state senior leaders from Karnataka were also camping in the national capital to talk the heavy weight duo to take up the party high command's proposal on power sharing.
