Party high command to decide change of guard in Karnataka, says Kharge –

Congress President Mallikarjuna Kharge today said that only party high command will decide on change of Chief Minister in Karnataka amid talks by party leaders over change of guard in the state. He was responding to a media query on it in Bengaluru. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah exhibited unity with Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar before the media at Mysuru airport by holding hands and raising it. He refused to answer whether the CM will be changed in the state adding that the government will remain intact for five years.