Bengaluru: A three hours long Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) unity meeting held at former Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar’s house as per the instructions of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) interim president Sonia Gandhi ended with party leader DKShi walking out halfway through the meet.
The meeting also witnessed a heated verbal duel between former CMs Siddaramaiah and M Veerappa Moily. Former union minister KH Muniyappa and MP BK Hariprasad used the meeting to attack Siddaramaiah.
According to the sources, in the meeting which was attended by the senior-most leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge and others, DK Shivakumar wanted all the leaders to pass a resolution nominating him for the KPCC president post. But other leaders including MB Patil, Satish Jarakiholi opposed this claiming they are also in the race. Only Parameshwar extended his support to DKShi. Learning that he has no support in the meeting, he left the meeting saying he needs to visit a few temples.
A leader informed that DKShi shouted at the party leaders for not supporting his candidature. He also said that he was in legal soup because of them.
In the meeting, a few original party leaders including Veerappa Moily, KH Muniyappa, BK Hariprasad attacked Siddaramaiah for the party’s debacle in the recent by-election. But Siddaramaiah hit back.
Interestingly, the meeting decided to appeal to the AICC to let Siddaramaiah continue as the opposition leader in the state assembly.
