D.K. Shivakumar hosts dinner to mark six years as Karnataka Congress chief

D.K. Shivakumar celebrates six years as Karnataka Congress chief with a dinner attended by party leaders and legislators.

Amid the ongoing leadership tussle in the Congress government, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah led the party men, legislators and Cabinet Ministers on Tuesday (March 10) in congratulating Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar completed six years as the party president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).

Mr. Shivakumar, who took over as the KPCC president in the COVID-19 times, led the party to power in the 2023 Assembly elections.

Congratulating Mr. Shivakumar on completing six years at the helm of KPCC, the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the KPCC president’s sagacity, ideological commitment and hard work is a model for young leaders.

“Despite the Opposition BJP filing false cases and harassment, Mr. Shivakumar has remained loyal to the Congress party that shows his trait of uncompromising loyalty. He has worked hard along with leaders and workers to defeat communal forces and bring Congress party to power. He has stood shoulder to shoulder with me to make the State Sarva Janangada Shanthiya Thota,” he said on social media platform X.

Further, he said, “Mr. Shivakumar, who is younger than me, has a bright political future. It is our wish to bring Congress back to power in 2028. I too will take part in the party’s organisation and struggle for this.”

On Tuesday (March 10) evening, the Deputy Chief Minister had organised a dinner party at a luxury hotel in the city to celebrate the milestone in which over 120 legislators, including almost all the Cabinet Ministers took part. Sources said that folk singers from Kanakapura entertained the guests.