Congress leader DK Shivakumar, who has settled for the number two post in Karnataka after days of hard negotiations, today said he had “accepted the high command’s decision like we have to accept a judge’s verdict in court”. The Congress today announced that Siddaramaiah will be the next Chief Minister of Karnataka and Mr Shivakumar his “only deputy”, ending five days of suspense. They will be sworn in on Saturday. “We assured the people of Karnataka. Personal interest comes later, party interest is first. That is what my commitment is,” Mr Shivakumar told NDTV in an exclusive interview. “Ultimately, for various reasons, suppose if we had not won, what would have been the position? Now we have won, we have to get the fruit out of it. It is not me alone, lakhs and lakhs of workers have done their best. We will have to look at their end also,” he added.