Bengaluru, 1 July

AICC General Secretary and party's State in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala on Tuesday ruled out any opinion on leadership change, remarks that come in the wake of internal bickering in the Congress.

"Some of you asked me are you taking opinion on leadership change. The answer I had given yesterday also and I am answering again today-- the answer is clearly 'no' in one word," Surjewala said in a press conference.

He firmly stated that MLAs shouldn’t be rumourmongering.

"What we deliberate in the party should remain within the party. I have advised my MLAs also. If they have a problem, instead of raising an issue or a non-issue to settle score, raise it with the head of the family -- In the KPCC, there is Shivakumar and in the government there is Siddaramaiah," he said.

Flanked by Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who is also the State Congress President, Surjewala said he had ameeting with the party MLAs, MPs, MLCs and party candidates who contested the assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

"We are trying to understand from our MLAs what work they have done in the past two years in their respective constituencies,” Surjewala said. “It's important to review their performance…. I am asking my MLAs to give their report cards.

"We are also asking them (MLAs) what, if any, difficulty or aspiration he or she has. Every MLA has some aspirations or some more work to be done in the constituency," he explained.

He said that he would meet all MLAs in in the next week. After the MLAs, he said he would meet the ministers to understand what they have done in their respective constituencies.