BENGALURU, May 8 -- Even as Siddaramaiah emerged as the country's oldest serving chief minister following the exit of Pinarayi Vijayan in Kerala, pressure mounted within the Congress on Thursday to quickly settle uncertainty over Karnataka's future leadership.

Senior Congress MLA KN Rajanna urged the party high command to take an early decision either on a cabinet reshuffle or a possible leadership transition, saying prolonged ambiguity could affect governance and party functioning.

"The CM has said that he will abide by the high command's decision. Ultimately the high command has to decide. I urge the high command to resolve the confusion at the earliest. If not resolved, it will impact the administration, governance and the party," Ra...