The leadership tusssle in Karnataka appears to have reached its peak with supporters of both Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar raising slogans in support of their respective leaders at Mangaluru airport on Wednesday.

Adding fuel to the speculations, Shivakumar arrived in the national capital in the evening. Though the KPCC president clarified that he was going to Delhi to attend a marriage ceremony, it is believed that he is likely to hold brief meetings with the Congress high command to discuss the alleged power-sharing formula.

"No political agenda. I have come here for the wedding of my friend's son," he told reporters in the national capital.

Shivakumar also claimed that as the party’s state president, it was his responsibility to oversee arrangements for the

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