"Congress High Command Weak": BJP's Jagadish Shettar On Karnataka CM Row

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, speaking to NDTV, questioned how Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is able to "defy" the Congress high command if there truly was no power-sharing deal with Deputy CM DK Shivakumar. He said only a handful of top leaders know what agreement was made, but the ongoing infighting itself proves that a pact exists. Shettar added that if everything was fine, DK Shivakumar should publicly state that Siddaramaiah will continue for five years - something he has not done. He called the current truce a "stopgap arrangement" to get through the December 8 Assembly session and said the Congress high command has grown "very weak," allowing the crisis to deepen and ultimately hurting Karnataka.