Amid Amul's entry into the Bengaluru market, Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Saturday said that the state's dairy cooperative Nandini is a "better brand" than Amul and that there is no need for the latter.
Speaking to ANI, Siddaramaiah said, "My relationship with DK Shivakumar is cordial. There are no differences between us. Of course, differences exist in democracy but it is not detrimental to the interests of the party".
Reacting to Congress leader DK Shivakumar's promise of cancelling the scrapping of the four per cent Muslim quota after coming to power, Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai said that the Congress party cannot even touch the reservation.
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Friday took a dig at BJP and said while the Congress has released two lists of candidates for assembly polls in the state, the BJP has not been able "to release even its first list"
The official social media handle of Karnataka BJP on Twitter said," DK Shivakumar clarified that we will cancel the reservation given to Okkaliga, Veerashaiva-Lingayat, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. For appeasement politics, the right of these communities to be uprooted INC Karna
While speaking to ANI, Prahlad Joshi said, "Congress party needs to come to power by securing a majority to make DK Shivakumar or Siddaramaiah the Chief Minister. They can never become CM as Congress will never be able to cross the magic figure".
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Friday said that if the grand old party came to power in the assembly elections, it would cancel the scrapping of 4 percent Muslim quota by the ruling government.
Ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in Karnataka, Congress Election Committee will meet today and a list of candidates to contest for the elections will be released post-meeting, said Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar.
Clarifying on his supposed declaration of being the Congress's chief ministerial candidate in the ensuing Karnataka Assembly polls, former CM Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said he was only an 'aspirant' for the post.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said an extensive discussion would be done in the meeting regarding the remaining 100 seats ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections.
During the Congress party's 'Praja Dhwani Yatra' near Bevinahalli in Srirangapatna on March 28, Shivakumar was allegedly seen throwing Rs 500 currency notes at the artists performing in the rally.