Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar in March called DGP Praveen Sood a "nalayak" and vowed action against him once his party is voted to power. Congress has won Karnataka with a big margin and DK Shivakumar is a CM aspirant from the party. But Praveen Sood will move to Delhi to assume the role of CBI director for the next two years.

Karnataka Congress Chief D K Shivakumar won the Kanakapura assembly seat by a huge margin. He polled 1,42,156 votes as compared to 20,561 for JD (U)'s B Nagaraju and 19,602 BJP 's R Ashoka. Nick-named as 'Kanakapura Rock', he has now won the seat eight times. He has been winning the seat from 1989 to till date.

Mr Shivakumar belongs to the influential Vokkaliga community, which dominates southern Karnataka, while Mr Siddaramaiah is a Kuruba, a backward caste group that has a sizable presence in.

Karntaka Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D. K. Shivakumar went around the Bengaluru city to inspects traffic bottlenecks in the city on on June 13, 2023.