DK Shivakumar has already been surrounded by a lot of trouble. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President DK Shivakumar stated on Friday that he would always be looked upon as a Congressman, and not a caste leader. Conversing with reporters, Shivakumar said that he is a Vokkaliga because he was born to Vokkaliga parents.

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"No doubt I am proud of my caste Vokkaliga. But that doesn't mean that I would indulge in caste or religion-based politics. Being a Congress member and KPCC President, I have only one caste and that is Congress. Why should I speak about other castes," he shot back at his rivals and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy, who is also a Vokkaliga. He stated that there is no politics involved in drawing people into the party fold and all these things usually happen during every election. He stated, "In every election, our rivals BJP and JD(S) do the same by visiting our party leaders and we also do it, which is just fair and square. Why should anyone be worried about it." 

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Categorically ruling out any race between him and Kumaraswamy for the Vokkaliga leadership, a powerful community in the south Karnataka region to which both leaders belong, Shivakumar said that he has never entertained in caste politics and for him, Congress is his only caste. On Thursday, Kumaraswamy had alleged that the Congress, which lacks a worker base in Rajarajeshwari Nagar (RR Nagar) Assembly constituency, was trying to lure his party workers ahead of the by-elections. RR Nagar, along with the Sira Assembly segment in Tumakuru, will go to bypolls on November 3.

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