Despite the flurry of activity on a rain-battered evening on Wednesday when the Janata Dal (S)-Congress coalition government took the oath of office, one must-do on Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s list was a one-on-one meeting with D K Shivakumar. The reasons are obvious.
After being bypassed for the post of deputy chief minister in the new government, the Vokkaliga strongman was sulking – messages about his dejection were being conveyed to the party through his confidants, though he maintained a stoic front in public. During the meeting, Gandhi is understood to have ...
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First Published: Thu, May 24 2018. 21:06 IST
