Kanakapura, July 6 -- Karnataka's Rambapuri seer Rajadeshikendra Shivacharya on Sunday praised the efforts of Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar to strengthen the party and the state and said that the Deputy Chief Minister deserved a higher position after the last elections.

Speaking at an event organised to inaugurate the steps at the Siddeshwaraswamy hills in Kanakapura taluk, he said, "He should have got a higher position after the last elections. May he get a higher position in the days to come."

"The people of Karnataka are aware of his hard work in securing a sweeping majority for the party in the state. The agreement among national leaders, CM Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar, is only known to them. Political leaders will be r...