- May 28, 2026 08:18Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has gone to Indore
In a twist to the Congress’s proposed leadership change, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has gone to Indore for personal reasons. Lok Bhavan sources said that the Governor left Bengaluru late on Wednesday night.
He is likely to return to Bengaluru today, but the time is not known. Sources said that he would be back in time to be with the Vice President of India, who is arriving in Karnataka on Friday.
In the light of speculation over leadership change hereafter, the Congress high command is learnt to have asked Mr. Siddaramaiah to pave the way for a new leadership.
Sources said that a resignation of the Chief Minister has to be accepted by the Governor personally. “Even if the resignation is submitted to the special secretary, the Governor has to meet the Chief Minister before accepting it.”
Sharath Srivatsa reports
- May 28, 2026 07:49Replug from 2025 | In a state of political flux
Karnataka politics seems to be undergoing a churn with leadership tussles in two national parties emerging prominently in public discourse. If the tussle in the ruling Congress over the last few months has taken the focus away from governance issues to the so-called “secret understanding” over the sharing of power, the fractured State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is losing out on opportunities to corner the Congress both on governance and political issues.
As political developments gather steam in Karnataka, read this analysis by Sharath S. Srivatsa, on how leadership issues plague the two major parties in Karnataka
- May 28, 2026 07:31Congress high command wants Siddaramaiah to move to Rajya Sabha, sources say, even as party officially denies
Leadership change in Karnataka appears imminent, after it emerged on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) that the Congress high command has offered Chief Minister Siddaramaiah a seat in the Rajya Sabha as a candidate in the forthcoming elections.
Whether or not Mr. Siddaramaiah agrees to be a candidate for the June 18 Rajya Sabha polls, sources close to him indicated that he is likely to announce his decision on May 28. His deputy D.K. Shivakumar has been an aspirant for the State’s top post ever since the Congress government reached its half-year-mark in November 2025. However, Mr. Siddaramaiah need not resign immediately, sources said.
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Leadership tussle in Karnataka: Congress high command wants Siddaramaiah to move to Rajya Sabha, sources say, even as party officially denies
The Congress high command reportedly nudges Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah towards Rajya Sabha candidacy amid speculation of leadership change.
- May 28, 2026 06:46Siddaramaiah seeks governor's appointment, might make way for Shivakumar
A change of guard in the three-year-old Karnataka government seems imminent, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seeking the Governor’s appointment, a day after he was apparently asked by the party high command to make way for his deputy D.K. Shivakumar’s elevation to the top post, but said he will speak on the matter today.
As the political heat rises in the southern state in anticipation of a new CM, AICC General Secretary in charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala, clarified that the Congress has not called for a meeting of its legislature party in the state and that no other decision has been taken yet.
He requested the media not to speculate on the issue. Mr. Surjewala, who arrived in Bengaluru on Wednesday, also met Siddaramaiah and other senior leaders.
-PTI
- May 28, 2026 06:38Leadership change in Karnataka? All eyes on CM Siddaramaiah’s breakfast meeting with Cabinet colleagues on May 28
Amid fast-paced developments in Karnataka, all eyes are now on the breakfast meeting on May 28 being hosted by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who has been asked by the Congress high command to move to the Rajya Sabha, thus paving the way for a leadership change.
On the list of invitees are his Cabinet colleagues, including his deputy D.K. Shivakumar, who has been a contender for the top post ever since the Congress government reached the halfway mark of its five-year-tenure in November 2025. The breakfast meeting is at the Chief Minister’s official residence in Bengaluru at 9 a.m.
Click here to read more on this... - May 28, 2026 06:17What has CM Siddaramaiah said amid talk of power transition?
In his first interaction with the media after his New Delhi visit, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, refused to entertain pointed questions on leadership change in the State. In a one-liner, he said on Wednesday (May 27, 2026), “I will speak tomorrow.” He is to hold a breakfast meeting with his Cabinet colleagues on Thursday (May 28) after which he is expected to announce his decision.
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‘I will speak tomorrow’: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah says, amid talk of power transition
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah hints at a leadership announcement tomorrow amid speculations of a power transition within the Congress party.
- May 28, 2026 06:16Karnataka will go to mid-term polls, says BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra
BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra has asserted that Karnataka is headed for mid-term elections, regardless of who succeeds Siddaramaiah as Chief Minister in the ongoing Congress power struggle.
Speaking to the media in Shivamogga on Wednesday (May 27), Mr. Vijayendra said the Congress high command’s marathon meeting in Delhi, which culminated in a directive to Mr. Siddaramaiah to step down, was itself an admission of the government’s failure.
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Published - May 28, 2026 06:15 am IST
