Bengaluru: Fuelling further speculations in the cliffhanger that was the Karnataka election, Chief minister aspirant and state Congress president DK Shivakumar on Monday cancelled his Delhi trip, hours after confirming he would be flying to the national capital, citing health reasons.
The senior Congress leader is locked in an intense power struggle with Siddaramaiah, his main contender in the chief ministerial race, after Congress stormed to power by winning 135 seats in the May 10 elections to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly.
“I have some stomach problem. The doctor is coming in ten minutes. It’s burning. It looks like some infection and I have a fever… please let me be free,” Shivakumar told reporters. Sources close to him confirmed to PTI he will not be going to Delhi today.
Meanwhile, Siddaramaiah, a former Karnataka chief minister, had left for Delhi by Monday afternoon to meet with AICC leaders.
