Bengaluru, 28 Feb

Former Congress MP DK Suresh said his brother, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, could become Chief Minister "if it is in his destiny. If it is not, then nothing can be done.”

Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Suresh downplayed speculation over leadership change and distanced himself from the ongoing discussions among legislators.

Some Congress MLAs, loyal to Shivakumar, on Friday night held a meeting in a hotel and reportedly discussed ways to see their leader rise to the post of the chief minister. They planned a visit to Delhi to urge the High Command to make Shivakumar the next chief minister.

"I have no information about that. You should ask the MLAs concerned," Suresh said. “That is their personal matter.”

The power tussle flared up in the State since November 2025 when the Congress government crossed the halfway mark of two-and-a-half years, amid reports about an alleged power-sharing agreement between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar.

Meanwhile, Congress MLA K Harish Gowda urged the party leadership to consider first-time legislators for ministerial positions after a group of legislators wrote a letter to the High Command seeking berths in the Cabinet.

He noted that Shivakumar and Home Minister G Parameshwara became ministers when they were first-time MLAs.