(Aired: December, 2013) Walk The Talk With Siddaramaiah After eight years and eight days as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, spread across two non-continuous terms, Congress veteran and 'leader of the masses' Siddaramaiah stepped down from the state's top job. He will be replaced by his deputy - DK Shivakumar , and the Congress will look ahead to 2028 and an Assembly election the party would rather not lose.