Lauding Leaders

It is the season for celebrating milestones in Karnataka. Congress leader Siddaramaiah’s supporters plan to hold a month-long ‘Siddaramotsava’, in the runup to the former Karnataka CM’s 75th birthday on August 12. Mallikarjuna Kharge’s supporters, meanwhile, want to commemorate his 50th year as a lawmaker while G. Parameshwara’s followers want to release a commemorative book on their leader. It has been enough for party chief D.K. Shivakumar to call for ‘collective leadership’ ahead of the state election in 2023.