<h1>Karnataka Congress leadership tussle involves claims of a secret deal and calls for the high command to settle the issue.</h1> Karnataka's ruling party faces an intra-party leadership dispute over the chief ministership, with the deputy referencing a 'secret deal' among a small group and declining public claims while endorsing party unity. The chief minister urges the national leadership to resolve the confusion, emphasizing that the high command's decision is binding. The dispute involves competing priorities-cabinet reshuffle versus resolving leadership-and has provoked internal meetings and external criticism urging settlement before the legislature's session.