Team effort led to Cong victory in Karnataka, will implement '5 guarantees' come what may: Shivakumar

Bengaluru, May 31 (PTI) Crediting the "team effort" of Congress leaders and workers for the party's victory in Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said the government is fully committed to fulfil the five guarantees and will implement the 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme within a month to grant Rs 2,000 to every woman head of a family.

He termed the fight put up by the Congress as a "battle for survival" and said for him personally it was a "do-or-die battle".

In an exclusive interview to 'The Week', he also said, "Of course, it is quite natural. Blood is thicker than water. But we have to (compromise). Sometimes politics is full of sharing and caring," when asked whether the Vokkaliga community was upset when he was not made the chief minister.