After meeting Rahul, Kharge, Shivakumar confers with MLAs, Surjewala

New Delhi: Amid suspense over the next Karnataka Chief Minister, state Congress chief D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday held a meeting with his loyalist MLAS at his brother’s residence here and also with the state in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala.
His meeting with the party MLAs came after he held a detailed meeting with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and senior party leader Rahul Gandhi at their residences earlier in the day.
Shivakumar, who is one of the contenders for the chief ministerial post in the state, first met Gandhi at 10 Janpath and the meeting lasted for over an hour.
After this, the Kanakapura MLA arrived at the residence of Kharge and their meeting lasted for over one and half hours.
He then went to the residence of his brother D.K. Suresh, a party MP and held meeting the party MLAS. However, it is yet not known what all Shivakumar discussed with them.
During the meeting, Congress MLAS Beluru Gopalkrishna, Virendra Pappi, H.C. Balakrishna, Ranganath, and Iqbal Hussain were present.