<p>The DK Shivakumar-led Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is learnt to have pulled up legislators B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan, Sowmya Reddy and former MP Prakash Hukkeri for projecting senior leader Siddaramaiah as the next chief minister. </p>.<p>The matter came up for discussion in the party’s disciplinary committee and the three leaders might be issued notices seeking an explanation, sources said. </p>.<p>Recently, Khan, Reddy and Hukkeri had reportedly said in public that Siddaramaiah would be the next chief minister if the party came to power. </p>.<p>“Leaders should refrain from making statements on this subject. The disciplinary committee is considering issuing notices to them,” a source said. </p>.<p>Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, both seen as power centres, have kept mum on claims made by some leaders, projecting each of them as the next chief minister. </p>
<p>The DK Shivakumar-led Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is learnt to have pulled up legislators B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan, Sowmya Reddy and former MP Prakash Hukkeri for projecting senior leader Siddaramaiah as the next chief minister. </p>.<p>The matter came up for discussion in the party’s disciplinary committee and the three leaders might be issued notices seeking an explanation, sources said. </p>.<p>Recently, Khan, Reddy and Hukkeri had reportedly said in public that Siddaramaiah would be the next chief minister if the party came to power. </p>.<p>“Leaders should refrain from making statements on this subject. The disciplinary committee is considering issuing notices to them,” a source said. </p>.<p>Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, both seen as power centres, have kept mum on claims made by some leaders, projecting each of them as the next chief minister. </p>
