A Congress MLA on Saturday claimed that Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar will become Chief Minister on January 6. It was Ramanagara MLA H A Iqbal Hussain who made the claim before the media, saying that Siddaramaiah should vacate the office to give Shivakumar an opportunity.

"There is a 99 per cent chance that he becomes Chief Minister on January 6," Hussain, who is a staunch supporter of Shivakumar, said.

When asked what significance the date has, he said, "I don't know. It's just a random number. Everybody is saying this. It can either be January 6 or 9. These are the two dates."

In November, a group of Congress legislators and a few ministers had visited Delhi to meet the Congress high command. The faction had reportedly reached the national capital to convince the Delh

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