D K Shivakumar
Credit: DH File Photo
New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar called on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge here on on Sunday and is learnt to have raised the change of leadership issue in the state.
Shivakumar met the veteran leader at his residence along with his brother D K Suresh.
Though Shivakumar refused to speak to media after the meeting, sources told DH that the Vokkaliga leader had raised the leadership change issue.
Sources said Kharge reportedly told him to speak to Congress senior leader Rahul Gandhi on the matter.
Speaking to reporters before the meeting, Shivakumar dismissed media speculations that he had resigned as state party president in protest against not being made the CM.
The DCM said, "I have to ensure that foundation stones are laid for 100 new Congress party offices in Karnataka".
He said, "I am meeting the AICC president to finalize dates for laying foundation stones for new Congress offices. I would like Kharge and Rahul Gandhi to lay the foundation stones. I am asking for a date before Dec 1, when Parliament session begins”.