What DKS gained by creating 5-day stand-off: Heir apparent's position

The breakfast table stacked with idli-dosa-sambar, and Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar digging into the rice dishes, with host K C Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala stealing glances at their guests, summed up the four-day-long breathless drama to select the chief minister of Karnataka.