Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar, who is one of the two strongest contenders for the chief minister’s (CM) post of the state, has bluntly declined to share it with his party colleague Siddaramaiah. Shivakumar may have rejected the idea outright because of the unsuccessful experiments in sharing the CM’s post in different states in the past.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/karnataka/news/why-dk-shivakumar-may-be-wary-of-sharing-karnataka-cms-post-with-siddaramaiah/articleshow/100305782.cms