Shivakumar, Vishwanath warned

Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, he warned the duo against washing the dirty linen in public. Parameshwara, who had earlier indicated he would talk to the leaders individually, said the two Congress men have been warned against going to the media and have been asked to resolve the problem within the party fold.

The verbal duel between the two flared up after Shivakumar accused Vishwanath of writing controversial comments about Union Minister S M Krishna in his autobiography ‘Halli Hakkiya Haadu’ and trying to block Krishna’s prospects of becoming a Union minister.