Bengaluru, May 28 -- Amid growing political speculation regarding the Karnataka Chief Minister's post, supporters of Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress President DK Shivakumar gathered outside his Bengaluru residence early Thursday.

This comes as CM Siddaramaiah has called a 'breakfast meeting' with Congress party leaders today. Notably, former Bengaluru Mayor R Sampath Raj was among those seen arriving at the residence.

Speculation around leadership change in the Karnataka Congress has been brewing since the government completed its two-and-a-half years of tenure last year. The Congress government in the state has now completed three years.

Both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar were in the national capital on Tuesday and took part in...