{"id":26842,"date":"2025-12-25T16:21:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/work-not-words-another-dig-at-siddaramaiah-by-shivakumar-after-kharge-meeting-politics-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T16:21:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:21:41","slug":"work-not-words-another-dig-at-siddaramaiah-by-shivakumar-after-kharge-meeting-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/work-not-words-another-dig-at-siddaramaiah-by-shivakumar-after-kharge-meeting-politics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Work, Not Words&#8217;: Another Dig At Siddaramaiah By Shivakumar After Kharge Meeting? | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9792155\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-3759419209\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-3759419209\">December 25, 2025, 21:10 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9792155\" class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-2246643417 asubttl-schema\">DK Shivakumar said his discussion with Mallikarjun Kharge\u00a0was limited to the Centre\u2019s decision to change the MGNREGA scheme and the Congress response<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-2246643417\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-2246643417 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"After meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge\u00a0at his Bengaluru residence, Shivakumar addressed the media. File pic\/PTI\" title=\"After meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge\u00a0at his Bengaluru residence, Shivakumar addressed the media. File pic\/PTI\" 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-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-2246643417\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge\u00a0at his Bengaluru residence, Shivakumar addressed the media. File pic\/PTI<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Amid ongoing speculation about the power struggle between Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/politics\/we-work-like-brothers-dk-shivakumar-dismisses-rumours-of-rift-with-siddaramaiah-ws-kl-9784767.html\">DK Shivakumar<\/a>, the latter has made comments seen as a subtle jab at the CM.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">After meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his Bengaluru residence, Shivakumar addressed the media, saying, \u201cI didn\u2019t just sit on the stage and give speeches; I\u2019ve done every work in the party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">Describing himself as a lifelong party worker regardless of his positions, Shivakumar added, \u201cI\u2019m a lifetime party worker. Whatever post I hold, I will still be a party worker.&#8221; He recounted his years of organisational work, including putting up posters, tying flags, and cleaning garbage, tasks he performed both as a party worker and as president.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">On Thursday, Shivakumar visited Kharge\u2019s residence, stating that their discussion was limited to the Centre\u2019s decision to change the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme and the party\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">Speaking to reporters after meeting Kharge, Shivakumar said, \u201cWe discussed the Centre\u2019s decision on changing the MGNREGA, how this will affect people in rural areas, and how to organise a protest so significant that the BJP at the Centre will have to reverse their decision. I\u2019ve not discussed any other topics. There is no need for me to do that, and I won\u2019t do it. Siddaramaiah and I have already said that we will abide by whatever the high command tells us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">Meanwhile, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is scheduled to visit Delhi for a Congress Working Committee meeting on December 27. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar stated he has not been invited to the meeting but would attend if called.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-2246643417 atbtlink fp\"><span>First Published:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rs\">\n<p>December 25, 2025, 21:10 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-2246643417 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/politics\/\">politics<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> &#8216;Work, Not Words&#8217;: Another Dig At Siddaramaiah By Shivakumar After Kharge Meeting?<\/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. 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File pic\/PTI Amid ongoing speculation about the power struggle between Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26842","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\/26842","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=26842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}