Bengaluru, Feb. 13 -- Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar, who returned from New Delhi after meeting the Congress high command amid the leadership tussle in the state, on Friday, February 13, said he lives with "hope and confidence" and that there will always be fruit for the efforts made.

He also reiterated that "time will answer", in the wake of reports that both he and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah may soon be called to New Delhi by the party leadership to discuss a possible transition of power.

"I always live with hope and confidence. There will always be fruit for the effort, whether it is for you, for me, or for anyone else. Where there is effort, there is fruit; where there is devotion, there is God," Shivakumar told reporters in re...