Karnataka CM buzz: DK Shivakumar says no cupboard reshuffle, meets Priyanka Gandhi in Delhi | India Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister D Ok Shivakumar on Wednesday stated there isn’t any plan to alter the management or reshuffle the cupboard within the Congress-led state authorities.“No cupboard reshuffle is on the playing cards. Myself and the chief minister are assembly central ministers to debate varied state points,” Shivakumar informed reporters. When requested about stories suggesting he might take over as chief minister after two and a half years of the federal government’s time period, Shivakumar stated this was media hypothesis and clarified there isn’t any such plan, information company PTI reported. There was ongoing hypothesis a couple of rotational chief minister association between Shivakumar and chief minister Siddaramaiah after the Congress received the 2023 Meeting elections. Each leaders have publicly denied that any such settlement exists. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had additionally not too long ago acknowledged that there isn’t any proposal for a reshuffle, and the media would learn if a choice is made. Some ministers are reportedly being reviewed for efficiency and corruption points, although the federal government or occasion management has not confirmed this.In the meantime, D Ok Shivakumar additionally met senior Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at her residence in Delhi on Wednesday, fuelling hypothesis about management change within the state.Nevertheless, Shivakumar remained tight-lipped concerning the particulars of the dialogue. “I visited the place,” he merely stated, as quoted by information company PTI. Shivakumar, who holds the water sources portfolio, stated he met Union setting and jal shakti ministers on Tuesday to ask for clearances for a number of water initiatives, together with the Yettinahole and Kalasa-Banduri initiatives. Talking concerning the Yettinahole Built-in Water Provide Undertaking, he stated the Centre has paused work in Tumkur and Hassan districts as a consequence of forest land considerations. “Now we have given different land and sought early forest clearance in order that work can proceed,” he stated. The venture goals to provide ingesting water to round 75 lakh individuals throughout 6,657 villages and 38 cities in southern Karnataka. On the Kalasa-Banduri Undertaking, he stated the tender has been issued and early forest clearance is being requested. He added that the Goa authorities had issued a present trigger discover in 2023 objecting to work within the Mahadayi Wildlife Sanctuary space. “It’s a ingesting water venture and won’t have an effect on Goa. Goa can not dictate us. Let the central authorities resolve this matter,” he stated. He additionally stated the Karnataka authorities is contemplating withdrawing a case within the Supreme Court docket on this matter and is searching for authorized recommendation. Shivakumar additional urged the Centre to difficulty a gazette notification for the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal verdict on river water allocation amongst Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. “Twice the assembly was postponed with none causes. I used to be informed a gathering shall be held this month on this difficulty,” he stated.