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While officially framed as birthday wishes by supporters, the messaging has revived chatter around the long-discussed power-sharing arrangement between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar.

By deciding to jump ship, he said, the Congress has violated Mahatma Gandhi’s 1925 maxim that Swaraj should be a government based on morality.

VD Satheesan will take oath in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday, with top Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge expected to be present.