The simmering feud between top Karnataka Congress leaders DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah over the party's chief ministerial candidate for the 2023 state elections has taken a new turn, with turncoat MLAs returning to the fold. <br />While Shivakumar has stated that MLAs may return to the party if they so wished, Siddaramaiah opposed the idea. <br />Leader of Opposition in Karnataka and former chief minister, Siddaramaiah told reporters, “No one from those 14 people who left us will be added. I will talk to the state Congress president DK Shivakumar about this. I stand by my words. I had earlier also said in the Assembly that the 14 people who left the Congress for the BJP would not be taken back even if a flood occurs or the earth collapses.”
