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Also, a dinner meeting at Home Minister G Parameshwara’s residence on Friday night, attended by Siddaramaiah, Social Welfare Minister H C Mahadevappa and PWD Minister Satih Jarakiholi has fuelled speculation in political quarters, as Shivakumar was not part of it.
“There is no brain (in such speculations)…Siddaramaiah will be there for five years…the CM post is not vacant, isn’t he CM now? …He is CM,” Mahadevappa, a close confidant of Siddaramaiah, told reporters in response to a question.