#Karnataka : Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Confident Of Completing Five-Year Term, Insists He Has High Command’s Support

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Not willing to make any direct statement on whether there will be a chief minister change in the state, Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumarhas  said that he and CM Siddaramaiah have come to an agreement with the involvement of the Congress high command, and both of them will abide by it.

Stating that Siddaramaiah is CM as per the high command’s decision, he clarified that he has never made any comments on the former’s tenure.

Siddaramaiah, earlier in the day, had affirmed that he would remain in office for his full five-year term, expressing confidence in the Congress high command’s support.

During a discussion in the Assembly on the issues pertaining to North Karnataka’s development, Siddaramaiah also said he never mentioned that he was the chief minister for only two-and-a-half years.

“I had never said, he (Siddaramaiah) will not be there (as CM) for five years. I have never said that the high command is not with him. As the high command is with him, he is chief minister today,” Shivakumar told reporters according to PTI report.

Noting that Siddaramaiah is in the post of CM as per the decision of the party, he said, “Both of us have come to an agreement, the high command has got us to an understanding, as per that both of us have discussed and have said several times that we will abide by it and go ahead.”