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Loyalists rally around CM after Davanagere bypoll row, even as Shivakumar signals claim to leadership and internal consultations hint at reshuffle pressure before results verdict

He also expressed confidence that the BJP will win both Bagalkot and Davangere South Assembly constituencies in the April 9 by-polls.

"Nearly 40 like-minded MLAs" gathered in the private hotel on Thursday night where it was decided to lobby for Shivakumar's elevation as the Chief Minister, Congress sources said.

“Only the chief minister, deputy CM and the Congress high command know what transpired between them over the issue. If the high command is silent, what are we supposed to understand?” he said.

But with Siddaramaiah holding steady and no high command crackdown, this feels less like revolution and more like rebellion on borrowed time.

The dinner meeting came a day after CM Siddaramaiah, along with ministers and a few legislators considered close to him, met for a dinner hosted by former Belagavi North MLA Feroz Sait.