DK Shivakumar cancels Delhi visit

Karnataka Chief Minister hopeful DK Shivakumar has cancelled his Delhi visit hours after announcing that he and Siddaramaiah have been called by the Congress high command.

Karnataka Chief Minister hopeful DK Shivakumar has cancelled his Delhi visit hours after announcing that he and Siddaramaiah have been called by the Congress high command.

“I've a stomach infection and will not be travelling to Delhi today,” he told news agency ANI.

“There are 135 Congress MLAs. I don't have any MLAs. I've left the decision to the party high command,” Shivakumar said on Monday (May 15).

Earlier in the day, the Congress leader, at a media briefing, said he would go to Delhi after attending a private programme. “I will finish my private program and visit my god and then go to Delhi,” he said, adding, “Our high command had called me and Kharge, I'm late. I just want to communicate to all media friends since you have wished me. I'll go to Delhi in whichever flight is available.”