With Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah himself confirming that a Cabinet reshuffle is looming, speculations are rife over whether the state will get a new Chief Minister. During a public meeting on Saturday, the Chief Minister said the decision for a rejig was taken earlier, and the “time has now come”.

While the big question is about whether the veteran leader would finally make way for current Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar to take over, Siddharamaiah’s tactical response is giving hints that he wouldn’t, after all, be stepping down.

On Saturday, Siddaramaiah attended the Kittur Utsav, defying a superstition that whoever attends the ceremony would lose their post. He had attended the event last year too. “I was here last year when we marked the 200th anniversary of Rani Chann

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