Karnataka Congress Power Tussle: Siddaramaiah Dinner Meet Fuels Leadership Speculation

On this Special Report, the focus is on the intensifying political speculation in Karnataka following a dinner meeting hosted by PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi in Belagavi. The event, attended by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and key loyalist ministers including G. Parameshwara and B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, has sparked rumours of a power tussle within the ruling Congress. An unidentified speaker from the Congress dismisses the speculation, stating the dinner was a 'casual event' where the 'Honorable CM also stayed hardly for 5-10 minutes'. Conversely, an opposition voice criticises the government's 'dinner politics' over the last six months, arguing that it distracts from urgent issues in North Karnataka discussed during the Belagavi session.