CM chair ‘stable’, says Shivakumar amid PM Modi’s criticism of Cong in Karnataka
Raichur (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday categorically refuted PM Narendra Modi’s remark suggesting that the CM’s chair in the state was “wobbling.”
Speaking to reporters at Lingasagur in Raichur district, Shivakumar, who is also the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, said, “No chairs are wobbling in Karnataka. All chairs are stable. I don’t know what the PM is referring to.”
He was responding to the PM’s statement alleging a power struggle within the state government.
At the heart of the "power tussle" within the Karnataka Congress is a reported 2023 understanding between Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar.
According to reports, when the Congress high command selected Siddaramaiah as CM, there was an informal understanding that Shivakumar would take over after the government reached its halfway point. However, the party leadership has not publicly confirmed any such arrangement.
Addressing BJP workers in Bengaluru, Modi on Sunday attacked the Congress, accusing it of “failing to provide good governance due to internal power struggles in Karnataka and of betraying the people.”
He charged that Congress has become a “parasite party.”
“For the past three years in Karnataka, instead of resolving people’s problems, most of the government’s time has been spent on addressing internal conflicts,” the PM said, adding that the Congress government has remained gripped by uncertainty over leadership and power-sharing arrangements.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
