Earlier Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that the Union Jal Shakti Minister assured justice in the Cauvery water dispute during the meeting held in the national capital on Thursday.
Shivakumar said that they have also called some senior Parliament members to be part of the meeting to reach a solution to this long pending issue involving Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Reacting to attacks on him over alleged corruption by BJP's former National General Secretary C.T. Ravi, Shivakumar said that Ravi also needs treatment. “Let us administer good treatment to him.”
Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar took oath as the new Karnataka Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, respectively, at the swearing-in ceremony of the new Congress government in the state
They said Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge along with other stakeholders held parleys past midnight to hammer out a solution between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar -- the two chief ministerial aspirants.
After a high octane Assembly elections in Karnataka, the entire drama has now shifted to Delhi, where the Congress top leadership will decide between veteran Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar