New Delhi – on December 3, Karnataka’s Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced that the all‑party meeting originally slated for December 8 in New Delhi has been postponed.
“We will speak to opposition leaders, Union Ministers, and MPs from Karnataka and announce a suitable date soon,” he told reporters.
Shivakumar explained that Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and V. Somanna have review meetings on the same day, making them unable to attend. He also noted that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman must present a bill in Parliament that day.
“I spoke to Pralhad Joshi. He said he cannot attend because the Prime Minister is participating in a meeting that day. The meeting must include opposition leaders, MPs, and Union Ministers together. We need to speak in one voice for the welfare of the state, and that is the purpose of this preparation,” Shivakumar added.
Pralhad Joshi, the Minister for Food, Public Distribution, Consumer Affairs, New and Renewable Energy, said Wednesday that the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament and a heavy workload would prevent him from joining the Chief Minister’s convened meeting of MPs.
Shivakumar said that at the next gathering, MPs would receive briefings on the matters they need to address and leadership for each topic would be assigned.
When asked about BJP’s allegation that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah owned a watch worth ₹43 lakh, he dismissed the claim: “Who said the watch is worth ₹43 lakh? Seven or eight years ago, it cost around ₹24 lakh when I bought it. How can it now be ₹43 lakh? On the day of the breakfast meeting, it was only later that we realised we both happened to be wearing watches from the same company.”
Asked whether internal government disputes had been settled, Shivakumar replied that there had never been any confusion—“It is you (the media) who created the confusion,” he said.
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