Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said that he would continue to work with CM Siddaramaiah as a team and he has invited him for breakfast on December 2.
Shivakumar tweeted, “Me and the CM continue to work together as a team. I have invited the CM for breakfast tomorrow to discuss and strengthen our collective efforts to deliver on our promises to Karnataka.”
Me and the CM continue to work together as a team.
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) December 1, 2025
I have invited the Hon’ble CM for breakfast tomorrow to discuss and strengthen our collective efforts to deliver on our promises to Karnataka.
A couple of days back the two leaders had met over breakfast at the chief minister’s Cauvery residence.
The meeting was described by Shivakumar as a “productive discussion on Karnataka’s priorities and the road ahead”, but it was also seen as an attempt to calm tensions arising from the internal power struggle within the Congress party.
Shivakumar’s supporters have been calling for him to be made Chief Minister for the remaining 2.5 years of the Congress-led government, which has fuelled a political divide within the party. The internal disagreement over the CM post, rooted in the “power-sharing agreement” of 2023, has pushed both leaders to meet repeatedly, attempting to avoid a full-blown crisis.
On November 29, after meeting with Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar posted on X, “We abide by the High Command. Today, I and the Hon’ble Chief Minister had a breakfast meeting. The CM will be coming to my house for lunch or dinner in the next few days as well. We have joined together and worked together. The workers of the state have supported us, and the people of Karnataka have blessed us with a massive mandate. Whatever promises we have given to the people, it is our bound duty to deliver them.”
We abide by the High Command.
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) November 29, 2025
Today, I and the Hon’ble Chief Minister had a breakfast meeting. The CM will be coming to my house for lunch or dinner in the next few days as well.
We have joined together and worked together. The workers of the state have supported us, and the… pic.twitter.com/xQGMYa8f8o
