Bengaluru : Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress chief, DK Shivakumar on Saturday slammed Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, declaring he would “quit politics" if it were proven that he had been in touch with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Shivakumar made the statement while speaking to reporters.

Reacting to what he believed was Kumaraswamy’s claim that the Congress government in Karnataka could collapse soon and that Shivakumar was allegedly in touch with HM Shah, the Deputy CM called the JD(S) leader a “traitor." The Congress leader also warned that he might file a defamation case.

"HD Kumaraswamy is a traitor.

I will quit politics if he can prove I am in touch with Amit Shah."

- Karnataka DCM D K Shivakumar pic.twitter.com/HD7TJLJBTe — News Arena India (@NewsArenaIndia

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