While speaking to mediapersons, Dinesh Gundu Rao said, "I don't know why the Swamijis have to make comments on such issues. It is connected to our party, and our high command will make the decision. I don't think it is wise for them to make comments about such issues."
"He has told the truth about his position. He might be the AICC president, but he is not the high command. High command is the 'family'. He has exposed himself and admitted that he is not the high command. That is the fact. This is how Congress is run, like a coterie of people belonging t
Speaking to the mediapersons, Shivakumar said, "What option do I have? I have to stand by him and support him. I don't have any objection to it, whatever the party high command tell and whatever they decides it will be fulfilled."
"Mallikarjun Kharge just revealed the open secret that he is the Congress National President, but he does not have power. He holds the post, but it is the family that is heard. He exposed that all the major decisions are taken by the party's high command, not the party's National President.
Speaking to ANI, Kharge said, "... When the High Command has clearly stated, there is nothing of that sort in the decision-making process, then it doesn't matter who say what. Everyone's roles have been very well defined. Siddaramaiah is the CM, DK Shivakumar is the PCC President and the
Amid speculation of a potential change in Karnataka Congress leadership, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya on Monday took a jibe at the Congress High Command, calling it a "ghost" that is never seen or heard but always felt.
"It is in the hands of the party high command. No one can say what is going on in the high command. It is left to the high command, and they have the right to take further action, but no one should create problems unnecessarily," Kharge told reporters.
Karnataka minister Ramalinga Reddy on Thursday said that he does not have any any clue regarding the discussions which took place in New Delhi between Karnataka CM-Deputy CM and Congress party high command.
Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Tuesday alleged that the Congress High Command has delivered a "slap in the face" to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah by ordering a fresh caste census, calling it a "victory" for Deputy CM DK Shivakumar and a "defeat" for the CM.
"The Congress high command has done injustice to the backward classes. The Congress high command also slammed Siddaramaiah, saying that it was 10 years old and the figures were old," Ravikumar, also the Chief Whip of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, told reporters here.
"I don't know why they have gone. They might have gone to provide information about the stampede tragedy to the party high command. The party high command did not call me. If they do, I will also go..." Parameshwara said during a presser.
"The high command will decide the candidate. The candidate is merely a technicality. The atmosphere in Malappuram is such that anyone who becomes the candidate will win," Joy said.