“Out of the 16 directors of Bamul, 14 were elected and two were nominated by the government. All directors unanimously selected me as president and Kuduru Rajanna as vice president,” he said.
In response to inquiries regarding his name being linked to D.K. Suresh and Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy in connection with the National Herald case, Shivakumar stated, "The National Herald is a newspaper operated by our party. Both Suresh and I contributed 25 lakhs to support it, and we also made donations from our trust."