Congress leader and Karnataka's deputy chief minister, D K Shivakumar, did not immediately address the recent Cabinet decision to revoke approval for a CBI investigation into disproportionate assets allegedly linked to him. Chief of the Karnataka Congress, Shivakumar, declined to comment directly on the state cabinet's position, citing media reports that emphasised the cabinet's position on the previous BJP government's approval of the CBI probe, stated agency reports. 

"I saw in the paper (newspaper), I could not attend (the cabinet meeting) yesterday. Whoever has to speak on it will speak," Shivakumar told reporters in Bengaluru.