DK Shivakumar hints at chief ministerial ambition, says prayers never go unanswered

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The ongoing political drama in Karnataka continues as Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar makes cryptic statements about his chief ministerial ambitions. After visiting the Chamundi Hills temple, he said, 'Even if efforts fail, prayers never go unanswered,' hinting at his desire for the top post.

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00:00Contrary to what the Karnataka government has been trying to project, see and change, Natak, that continues to rage on.

00:07Sidharamaya, who digs into heels and the question being, DKS is towing the line or not?

00:15Because DKS has now given his latest response on the CM phase controversy, where he's gone on to say, and I quote,

00:21even if efforts fail, prayers never go unanswered.

00:25DKS has said that even if all efforts fail, prayers never go unanswered.

00:28I have prayed for what I desire.

00:31This is not the place for political discussion.

00:33Let good happen to the state.

00:35Malikar Jun Karge is our national president.

00:37He has given us guidance and conveyed his message.

00:40We will follow his advice and work together.

00:43So one thing is very clear that he certainly harbors all the ambitions of becoming chief minister.

00:48But he has expressed in as many words that his hands are tied by the top leadership, that Sidharamaya will stay chief minister.

00:56Listen to this latest statement.

00:58I am going to say this, and I will deny the true fight.

01:05And I can deny the true fight.

01:08I am going to blame my freedom.

01:09Thank you, sir.

01:10There is much of a power, sir.

01:11There is quite a lot of power, sir.

01:12The CM is going to go to a fight for the last election.

01:16What's that?

01:17You're going to the race?

01:19There's a big fight.

01:21There are a lot of people who walk through the amendment.

01:23I have stayed in the Bush administration.

01:25I was going through a fight.

01:27.

01:30.

01:34.

01:36.

01:38.

01:41.

01:46.

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01:55.

01:56All of us have come together. Our government has come together.

02:03Our government has come together for 5 years.

02:06Our government has come together.

02:11They have come together.

02:15They have come together.

02:18Who?

02:23How is that?

02:28What do you think?

02:31um

02:41Ahsoka is a BJP man!

02:45Cutting across to Nagarjun Dwarkana

02:47joining us on the broadcasts

02:49and well Nagarjun it´s very interesting to watch this battle from a distance

02:52distance because DKS wanting to be chief minister very badly and he is helpless he leaves no stone

03:00unturned to express that time and again that if he had his will you know he would topple that chair

03:07and become chief minister but his hands are tied by the party leadership

03:11all right not too sure if Nagarjun is still connected with us it may be a technical snag

03:21and we'll try and reconnect with him but it is clear to what those statements are reflecting

03:28the CM battle fight that has been going on for months now or probably longer in fact it started

03:35even when the Congress government in Carnatica came to power and the whole point of who will become

03:42chief minister it started from there on because the party seriously understands of the kind of work

03:48DKS has put in to ensure a win for the Congress on the ground in Carnatica but the leadership that

03:57has supported Sidhara Maya as far as CM ship was concerned DKS expressing at every possible moment

04:03he wants to be chief minister but he can't because the party leadership does not want the same

04:08and his loyalties are all towards the party

04:12Nagarjun is back with us well Naga DKS is taking every opportunity to prove to the top leadership

04:22that I am loyal I am a hardcore loyalist and I will follow what you're saying but he's also putting

04:28that message on the side that he wants to be chief minister he's not being able to do so because the

04:34top leadership is supporting Sidhara Maya but the party leadership must also understand DKS's importance

04:40well that's absolutely true it's a game of chess and wait and watch right now there is no uh two

04:47questions about DKS Shintumar wanting to be the chief minister of Karnataka look at his answer today

04:52uh it's considered auspicious to go to Chamundi Hills which is the state goddess Chamundeshwari in Karnataka

04:58uh to pray in ashada mass ashada is a typical season where people go pray in Chamundi uh hills uh and the

05:05the ritual that the goddess fulfills whatever you pray and as soon as he stepped out of the temple he

05:11said uh attempts made uh can have they can have failure but prayers will always be answered is what

05:16DK Shrikumar has said two and a half years tenure of the Sidhara Maya government will finish this November

05:22so most likely DK Shrikumar is hinting at there's more time for me to take claim to the chair but

05:28right now i'm still praying to the god and uh and also being a uh soldier of the party and listening

05:35to what the high command is saying it's always read between the lines in politics DK Shrikumar has never

05:40said i don't want to be uh chief minister i said let the high command take a decision as of now i'm with

05:45the chief minister or the the ball will move to the high command court maybe in post November or

05:52December to take a final call it'll all play out in other three months but definitely they'll be push

05:56and pull from both camps during the course of time by Sidhara Maya and DK Shrikumar

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