New Delhi, May 29 -- When Rahul Gandhi met outgoing Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday to give him the bad news that his time was up, it was done with sensitivity and attention to details. It was a one-on-one meeting where nobody else, not even party president Mallikarjun Kharge was present. Since it was just the two of them, no word about what transpired inside emerged, till Siddaramaiah himself shared it with his close aides. He told them that Gandhi had taken him into confidence and told him, "Come and join me to fight 2029, we will gain enormously from having you join our fight at the Centre." Siddaramaiah found it difficult to say no to Gandhi. There were other subtle changes in the Congress' handling of a mid-term change...