Bengaluru, 28 May 2026 – Karnataka ke Chief Minister Siddaramaiah aaj subah senior party leaders ke saath ek crucial breakfast meeting mein apna decision lene wale hain ki woh top post se step down karenge ya nahi. Yeh meeting Chief Minister ke official residence par Bengaluru ke Kaveri area mein ho rahi hai, jisse Congress high command ke unse poochhne ki speculation aur badh gayi hai ki unhe leadership transition ke liye raasta clear karna hai. Siddaramaiah, jo Karnataka ke sabse long-serving CM hain (do terms mein 1,829+ din in office), agar woh resign karne ka faisla karte hain toh woh aaj hi din mein Governor Thawarchand Gehlot se milkar apna resignation formalize kar sakte hain.
Congress sources ke mutabik, party ka Legislative Party meeting (jahan successor ko formally name ya elect kiya ja sakta hai) shayad kal, 29 May 2026 ko hoga. Congress high command, jismein AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala aur General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal bhi shaamil hain, yeh transition oversee karne ke liye Bengaluru aa rahe hain. Yeh transition isliye ho raha hai kyunki Congress leadership ne Siddaramaiah ko Rajya Sabha bhejne ka decision liya hai—yeh move state mein ek clean leadership change ko facilitate karega.
Senior Congress leaders, jismein Cabinet Ministers Santhosh Lad, Priyank Kharge, aur Byrathi Suresh bhi shaamil hain, pehle hi Siddaramaiah ke residence par breakfast meeting ke liye pahunch chuke hain. Deputy Chief Minister aur Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar bhi is meeting mein shaamil hone wale hain. Shivakumar, jinhe long time se CM ke post ke liye front-runner mana ja raha hai, unki support mein party workers ka josh badha hai—subah hi unke Bengaluru residence ke bahar supporters jama hone lage hain. Former Bengaluru Mayor R. Sampath Raj bhi Shivakumar ke ghar par pahunch chuke hain, jo unke elevation ki political momentum ko dikhata hai.
Congress high command ne 26 May 2026 ko New Delhi mein Siddaramaiah aur Shivakumar ke saath extensive discussions ki thi taaki state mein leadership tussle ko resolve kiya ja sake—yeh tussle tab se chal raha hai jab se Congress government ne last saal do aur aadhe saal poore kiye the. Sources ke mutabik, high command ka yeh decision (Siddaramaiah ko resign karne ke liye kehna) top leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, se aaya hai. Siddaramaiah ne pehle hi kaha tha ki woh resign kar denge agar Lok Sabha ke Leader of Opposition unse yeh request karenge—aur lagta hai yeh condition ab puri ho gayi hai.
Leadership transition ko Legislative Party meeting ke zariye formalize kiya ja sakta hai, jahan Congress MLAs naya leader elect karenge. Shivakumar ko replace karne ke liye sabse zyada support mil rahi hai, lekin Congress high command ne abhi tak koi official announcement nahi kiya hai. AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala ne clarify kiya hai ki abhi tak koi official decision nahi liya gaya hai aur media se speculation na karne ki request ki hai. Unhone yeh bhi confirm kiya hai ki Karnataka mein abhi tak Legislature Party meeting nahi bulaya gaya hai—isliye aur possibilities bhi khuli hain, jaise ki naye CM ke saath multiple Deputy CMs ko appoint karna.
Siddaramaiah ko Rajya Sabha shift karne ka move June 18, 2026 ko hone wale Rajya Sabha elections ke hisaab se hai, jahan Congress ko 4 seats mein se 3 jeetne ki ummeed hai. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge bhi retiring hain, isliye Siddaramaiah ka Rajya Sabha mein entry aur bhi aasan ho jayega. Rajya Sabha election results 19 June 2026 ko declare hone wale hain.
Abhi Governor Thawarchand Gehlot, jo CM ke resignation ko accept karne mein crucial role play karte hain, Indore mein personal reasons ke liye chale gaye hain. Unki aaj hi Bengaluru wapas aane ki ummeed hai, kyunki Vice President of India ki Friday ko Karnataka visit hai. Sources ke mutabik, agar resignation letter kisi special secretary ko bhi submit ki jaati hai, toh Governor ko personally CM se milkar hi resignation accept karni hogi—yeh ek procedural layer hai jo transition process ko aur complex bana raha hai.
Karnataka ki yeh political churn state ke governance concerns ko reflect kar rahi hai. BJP ka accusation hai ki Congress high command ka Siddaramaiah ko replace karne ka decision state government ke poor governance ke fail hone ke kaaran hai. BJP state president B.Y. Vijayendra ne predict kiya hai ki mid-term Assembly polls state mein hone wale hain, chahe jo bhi naya CM bane—yeh indicate kar raha hai ki aane wale months mein political uncertainty badhne wali hai.
