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The biggest news of this time is coming out from the political corridors of Karnataka. Amidst the ongoing internal tussle for the past several days, sources claim that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah may soon resign from his post. The market of discussions is hot that he can formally announce his resignation from the post of Chief Minister on Thursday, May 28. A very important and marathon meeting has been held in Delhi between Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi. After this high-profile meeting, the turmoil in the state’s politics has intensified unprecedentedly. It is believed that the party high command has taken a major and final decision regarding the command and organization of Karnataka.
According to the strategy, Siddaramaiah can return to Bengaluru and hold a press conference, in which he will express his views on the current political situation. The possibility of his resignation is being expressed the very next day. However, Congress, as always, has officially termed this issue as only a strategy for the upcoming Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections and has termed the news of any major change as speculation. But behind the scenes the discussions regarding the name of DK Shivakumar are very intense. It is believed that if Siddaramaiah leaves the post, then the high command has made up its mind to hand over the responsibility of the state to DK Shivakumar.
What happened in the closed room? Inside story of meeting with Rahul Gandhi
The main agenda of this high-level meeting held at the Congress headquarters in Delhi was to resolve the ongoing power struggle in Karnataka once and for all. According to sources, mainly three points were discussed in the meeting – change of guard, possible cabinet reshuffle and the old formula of handing over the post of Chief Minister to DK Shivakumar.
The timeline of this high-profile meeting was as follows:
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Two-hour initial meeting: Before calling Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar for discussion, Rahul Gandhi had an in-depth discussion for about two hours with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Organization General Secretary KC Venugopal and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala. During this, Surjewala presented a detailed report of the functioning of the Karnataka government and the ground feedback before the high command. During this time, both the big leaders (Siddaramaiah and Shivkumar) kept sitting outside and waiting for their turn.
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35 minutes secret chat: After this Siddaramaiah was called inside. Rahul Gandhi and Siddaramaiah had a closed-door one-to-one conversation for about 35 minutes in which the high command urged him to clear the way for new leadership in the state by offering him a bigger role in national politics (likely a Rajya Sabha seat).
Sachin Pilot, Scindia and Amarinder Singh; Is Congress repeating history?
If we look at the history of Congress, this uproar regarding the post of Chief Minister or leadership in any state is not a new thing. Even before this, the party has faced major setbacks in many states due to ‘high command culture’:
Example of Rajasthan: In Rajasthan, there was a war of supremacy between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot for a long time. Due to the inclination of the party high command towards Gehlot, Sachin Pilot, who had a strong ground, remained away from the main power, due to which the party ultimately had to bear the loss in the elections.
Crisis of Madhya Pradesh and Punjab: In Madhya Pradesh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, fed up with such neglect and internal strife, finally left the Congress and joined the BJP, due to which the Congress government fell. At the same time, in Punjab, removing a strong leader like Captain Amarinder Singh from the post before the elections proved to be harmful for the party and Congress lost power there.
Political analysts believe that whenever the Congress high command has disturbed the equations of strong and grassroots leaders of the states without any solid consensus, the party has suffered huge organizational and electoral losses. Now it will be interesting to see on which side this political camel of Karnataka sits.
