Siddaramaiah has been spending more time in Mysuru, focusing on the constituencies of Mysuru-Kodagu and Chamarajanagar. Political observers believe a win in these segments is crucial for Siddaramaiah to assert his hold in the party amidst speculations of his deputy DK Shivakumar gearing up to succeed him midterm. The CM is pulling out all stops, and so is Shivakumar, to get the maximum number of seats as president of the Congress state unit.