Rahul Gandhi asks Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar to work together; strengthen party: Sources
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, during his meeting with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy, DK Shivakumar, on Tuesday, asked the two leaders to work together and run the state government in coordination, Congress sources said on Tuesday.
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In wake of reports of 'factionalism' within the state unit of Congress, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha emphasised the need to strengthen the party.
He also asked the leaders to look at the reasons behind the party's performance in Karnataka in the recent Lok Sabha elections, and why it failed to win as many seats as it was expecting and work in that direction.
Siddarmaiah and DK Shivakumar met Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party general secretaries; Randeep Surjewala and KC Venugopal at Kharge's residence in the national capital on Tuesday.
«In view of the factionalism between the Karnataka Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister after the Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi asked all leaders to work together. He asked them to run the government in coordination and together,» Congress sources said.
«He also asked them to strengthen the party and pay attention to the reasons for not getting the expected number of seats in the Lok Sabha elections and fix them,» the sources added.
In the recent Lok Sabha elections, the Congress won only nine out of
