DK Shivakumar's Long Wait Ends After Years Of Karnataka Power Balancing
For nearly three years, Karnataka Congress functioned with two clear centres of power - Siddaramaiah, the mass leader and dominant backward class face of the party, and DK Shivakumar, the organisational strategist credited with rebuilding the Congress in the state. What began as a carefully managed balance gradually turned into a prolonged political tug-of-war over leadership and succession.
