{"id":25264,"date":"2025-11-26T07:21:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/26\/shivakumars-secret-meet-with-siddaramaiahs-aide-adds-new-twist-to-karnataka-drama-exclusive-bengaluru-news-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T07:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:21:26","slug":"shivakumars-secret-meet-with-siddaramaiahs-aide-adds-new-twist-to-karnataka-drama-exclusive-bengaluru-news-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/26\/shivakumars-secret-meet-with-siddaramaiahs-aide-adds-new-twist-to-karnataka-drama-exclusive-bengaluru-news-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Shivakumar\u2019s Secret Meet With Siddaramaiah\u2019s Aide Adds New Twist To Karnataka Drama | Exclusive | Bengaluru-news News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9731903\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">November 26, 2025, 12:34 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9731903\" class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3645095766 asubttl-schema\">Karnataka leadership tussle: DK Shivakumar and Satish Jarkiholi went to an undisclosed location on Tuesday night. The meeting went on well past midnight<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3645095766\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3645095766 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The power tussle between Siddaramaiah (right) and DK Shivakumar has been going on for a few months. (PTI File)\" title=\"The power tussle between Siddaramaiah (right) and DK Shivakumar has been going on for a few months. (PTI File)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3645095766\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The power tussle between Siddaramaiah (right) and DK Shivakumar has been going on for a few months. (PTI File)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">In a mega outreach amid the leadership tussle in Karnataka, deputy CM DK Shivakumar had a late-night meet with Satish Jarkiholi, who is being touted as CM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/politics\/did-congress-high-command-say-anything-siddaramaiah-rubbishes-talks-of-karnataka-cm-change-ws-kl-9676249.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siddaramaiah\u2019s <\/a>political successor.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">Shivakumar and Jarkiholi went to an undisclosed location on Tuesday night. The meeting went well past midnight.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">According to his close aides, Jarkiholi said he \u201cwas trying to work out his differences <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/politics\/karnataka-cm-leadership-change-siddaramaiah-dk-shivakumar-kharge-secret-deal-congress-ws-l-9731109.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with DKS<\/a>&#8220;. \u201cThe talks centred around preparing the party to look beyond Siddaramaiah who is staring at electoral retirement,&#8221; said sources close to Shivakumar.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">Last month, Siddaramaiah\u2019s son Yatindra had called Jarkiholi the \u201cinheritor of Siddaramaiah\u2019s political legacy&#8221; and someone who can carry forward the AHINDA vote bank. AHINDA is a an acronym for a large caste grouping of backward classes, minorities and SC\/ST.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">Talks around consolidating OBC votes and positioning of Jarkiholi as an AHINDA leader are on, said sources. There are signs of major rapprochement and realignment in the Karnataka Congress, said sources.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe title=\"DK Shivakumar Hints at Quitting Karnataka Congress President Role | Karnataka Power Tussle | News18\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L9MPf-j4eP4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The buzz: MLAs in Delhi<\/h2>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">According to news agency PTI, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/karnataka-deputy-chief-minister-dk-shivakumar-congress-mlas-delhi-visit-karnataka-power-change-buzz-9731474.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several groups of MLAs<\/a> backing Shivakumar reached Delhi on Sunday night, with more expected to join them. Ten legislators have already met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, signalling heightened internal activity over the issue. Ramanagara MLA Iqbal Hussain said he was fully convinced that Shivakumar would soon be elevated. \u201cI always stand by that statement, 200 per cent, he will become the chief minister soon. The high command will decide. As our leader (Shivakumar) said, the transfer of power is a secret deal among five to six party leaders, and those five to six people will decide,&#8221; he remarked.<\/p>\n<h2>Jarikholi\u2019s recent remark<\/h2>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">Shivakumar and Jarkiholi had worked as the president and working president of the Congress in 2023.<\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\">In an indirect dig at Shivakumar, Jarkiholi on Sunday said that the party\u2019s success was the result of collective effort of everyone \u2013 from grassroots workers to senior leaders. \u201cEveryone has contributed equally to bringing it to power and no one individual can claim credit for it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Congress\u2019s stance<\/h2>\n<p id=\"12\" class=\"story_para_12\">Amid mounting speculation, Kharge asserted that the high command will decide on the Chief Ministerial face. \u201cI have nothing to say. You have been standing here for three days straight. There is nothing to say about the developments happening here. Whatever happens, the high command will do it. It is not required to worry too much about it,&#8221; he said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"13\" class=\"story_para_13\">His remarks came as political circles were abuzz with the \u201cpower-sharing agreement&#8221; of 2023 between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar.<\/p>\n<h2>Another contender in the CM race<\/h2>\n<p id=\"15\" class=\"story_para_15\">Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara also implied that he, too, was in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/politics\/karnataka-leadership-buzz-loyalists-rally-around-shivakumar-siddaramaiah-stays-calm-top-points-ws-l-9722844.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chief Ministerial race<\/a>. Parameshwara\u2019s remarks came in the backdrop of a dinner recently hosted by Jarkiholi for leaders from the Dalit community at his residence.<\/p>\n<p id=\"16\" class=\"story_para_16\">\u201cWe had dinner together at Satish Jarkiholi\u2019s (house). Is that wrong? We also talked about politics during the meeting. As ministers in the government, we discussed the works that need to be undertaken in the departments,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe title=\"Karnataka Leadership Change: DK Shivakumar Loyalist Iqbal Hussain EXCLUSIVE | Congress | News18\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GO3Z2gXXhnU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"18\" class=\"story_para_18\">\u201cI have always been in the CM race. In 2013, I was the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). We brought the Congress government to power then. I have never said that I got the government to power alone. Everyone worked together. People voted and made the party win. I was defeated at that time. I don\u2019t know what would have happened if I had won. They give the KPCC president a chance. That is not followed in some cases,&#8221; Parameshwara said.<\/p>\n<h2>Siddaramaiah\u2019s stance<\/h2>\n<p id=\"20\" class=\"story_para_20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/opinion\/southern-slice-siddaramaiahs-politics-of-quitting-and-returning-ws-bl-9663948.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siddaramaiah <\/a>earlier downplayed speculation about a leadership change in the state, terming it an \u201cunnecessary debate&#8221; and attributing it to recent discussions about a cabinet reshuffle. The CM further said that the senior party leadership would take the final decision on the cabinet reshuffle, as two of the total 34 ministerial posts are vacant and would be filled during the reshuffle.<\/p>\n<p id=\"21\" class=\"story_para_21\"><em>With PTI, ANI inputs<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Harish Upadhya\" title=\"Harish Upadhya\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2024\/10\/harish-2024-10-c33e5c05707ef213d989dce95130f347.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/harish-upadhya-20873.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Harish Upadhya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harish Upadhya, an Assistant Editor at CNN-News18, reports from Bengaluru. Political reporting is his forte. He also tracks India&#8217;s space journey, and is passionate about environmental reporting and RTI investi&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harish Upadhya, an Assistant Editor at CNN-News18, reports from Bengaluru. Political reporting is his forte. He also tracks India&#8217;s space journey, and is passionate about environmental reporting and RTI investi&#8230;<!-- --> <span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3645095766 atbtlink fp\"><span>First Published:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rs\">\n<p>November 26, 2025, 12:06 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3645095766 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/bengaluru-news\/\">bengaluru-news<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> Shivakumar\u2019s Secret Meet With Siddaramaiah\u2019s Aide Adds New Twist To Karnataka Drama | Exclusive<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"coral-wrap\" class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f \">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coral-cont\">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coltoptxt\">Disclaimer: Comments reflect users\u2019 views, not News18\u2019s. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/disclaimer\/\" class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f\">Terms of Use<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/privacy_policy\/\" class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3645095766 rmbtn news18_read_more\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/cities\/bengaluru-news\/shivakumars-secret-meet-with-siddaramaiah-successor-jarkiholi-exclusive-on-karnataka-power-tussle-ws-kl-9731903.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Updated:November 26, 2025, 12:34 IST Karnataka leadership tussle: DK Shivakumar and Satish Jarkiholi went to an undisclosed location on Tuesday night. The meeting went on well past midnight The power tussle between Siddaramaiah (right) and DK Shivakumar has been going on for a few months. (PTI File) In a mega outreach amid the leadership&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}