Bengaluru, June 5 -- Senior Karnataka Congress leader and former minister KN Rajanna on Friday delivered a sharp political broadside against Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, dismissing his "troubleshooter" tag as a media-built narrative and openly questioning its relevance within the party's internal power structure.
Rajanna's remarks come at a time when the ruling Congress is witnessing visible internal churn over Cabinet roles, leadership positioning and emerging power centres following recent ministerial changes and resignations.
Launching a direct attack on Shivakumar's image, Rajanna said there was no such institutional role as a "troubleshooter" and suggested that the label had been artificially constructed and amplified outside...