According to party sources, Shivakumar, who met Kharge for around 45 minutes, stressed that he took over the job as Congress chief in Karnataka when no one was ready to accept it.
Taking a swipe at the Congress’s impasse on selecting a leader, Caretaker Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday added insult to injury by wondering what position the Lingayats will get in the new government.
The implementation of the five 'guarantees' announced by the Congress may cost the state exchequer an estimated Rs 50,000 crore annually. Key party leaders who spoke about the cost of the welfare measures insisted that one could not call them "freebies" as they were tools of empowerment. The 'guarantees' found resonance with voters of the May 10 Assembly elections,
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