Siddaramaiah Lands In Jaipur Amid Weather Diversion, Heads To Delhi For Crucial Talks | Karnataka

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]This is Siddaramaiah now stepping down.

[00:00:02]And the action now shifting from Karnataka to Delhi at this given point.

[00:00:07]Siddaramaiah [music] is to meet Rahul Gandhi shortly. In fact, Siddaramaiah's special flight has been diverted to Jaipur [music] last night.

[00:00:14]Siddaramaiah's son and Surjewala all accompany him. High command pushes Siddaramaiah for the national role. The special flight carrying Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has landed [music] in Jaipur instead of Delhi due to the adverse weather conditions last evening in the national capital region. Karnataka in-charge and Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, Ministers K.J. George, Parameshwara, Legal Advisor Ponnanna, Siddaramaiah's MLC son Yathindra, and Congress Secretary Abhishek Dutt were all in that very flight [music] as per the statement issued by the Chief Minister's office. Now, Rahul Gautam joining me on the broadcast with more details on [music] the same on what we expect of this very meeting that is to take place.

[00:00:58]Rahul, a very good morning to you. It's It's It's It's yet another action-packed [music] day for these Karnataka um ministers and leaders, but more importantly, the action now shifts to Delhi itself. But, the question that still remains is [music] now that Siddaramaiah has um rejected the Rajya Sabha seat and the fact that Congress [music] still is pushing him for a national role, how is that going to play out next?

[00:01:28]>> Well, that's why uh you know, Rahul Gandhi had decided to take uh you know, things in in in his own hand. And uh now on a at around 9:00 a.m., uh Siddaramaiah will be meeting Rahul Gandhi one-on-one at his residence. You rightly pointed out that Siddaramaiah is still non-committal uh to a Rajya Sabha seat. And he uh he's not keen to uh come down to the national capital. But, Congress party is still insisting that he should take up a bigger role in the national capital.

[00:01:59]He should look beyond Karnataka and and for the same reason at around 9:00 a.m. uh the two leaders, Siddaramaiah and Rahul Gandhi, they'll be meeting. Uh see, we have to understand that Congress party uh uh clearly believes that if Siddaramaiah is going to stay uh in Bengaluru uh like an ordinary MLA, it it it won't look good on the part of Congress leadership. And that's why they want him to come to the national capital, take up a bigger role, become a OBC face for the party so that party can propagate uh you know, it's you know, ideology in a more better way.

[00:02:37]So, therefore, you can expect that uh uh it's going to be a action-packed day as far as uh you know, Delhi's concerned, Congress is concerned because because of the fact that both Siddaramaiah and D.K.

[00:02:49]Shivakumar are in the national capital.

[00:02:51]Uh expect that after Siddaramaiah, uh D.K. Shivakumar will also be meeting the senior leadership and expect uh that the the the new government formation will also be taking place uh in coming days uh following these meetings.

[00:03:05]>> Right, Rahul. Thank you for setting context to what we are expecting from this day's meeting itself in the national capital. On that note, viewers, let's quickly take you through all that's happened so far into this very story since yesterday after Siddaramaiah stepped down from his chief ministerial role. Just hours after stepping down as the Karnataka chief minister, Siddaramaiah, uh who's on a key visit to the national capital. The veteran leader is scheduled to meet Rahul Gandhi one-on-one at 9:00 a.m.

[00:03:36]with separate meetings also likely with Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge at 10 Janpath. Significantly, uh the visit comes just hours after Siddaramaiah publicly rejected the Congress leadership's push for a national role saying that he wants to continue working in the state of Karnataka itself. But India today, remember, has now learned that the Congress high command is unlikely to give up that easily. Sources say Siddaramaiah was earlier offered a Rajya Sabha birth along with a bigger organizational role ahead of the 2029 Lok Sabha [music] elections. The leadership is expected to once again urge him to take up that national responsibility. The Congress sees Siddaramaiah as one of its strongest OBC faces nationally mass leader with deep grassroots connect and political face of Karnataka's caste census push now central to Rahul Gandhi's social justice campaign.

[00:04:52]>> [snorts] >> I will continue in active politics.