NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will decide the new chief minister of Karnataka today. After securing a resounding majority in the state, Congress is forced to choose between party mainstays DK Shivkumar and Siddaramaiah.
On Sunday, the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) convened at a hotel in Bangalore with all freshly elected Congress MLAs from Karnataka. Leaders including Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar, KC Venugopal, and Jairam Ramesh participated in the meeting, which lasted till 1:30. Former Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, party leaders Jitendra Singh, and Deepak Babaria watched the proceedings from the sidelines.
In a single-line resolution adopted at the CLP meeting, every lawmaker gave Congress President Malikarjun Kharge the go-ahead to select the next chief minister of Karnataka.
On his birthday, DK Shivakumar's followers in Karnataka greet the Congress leader.
DK Shivakumar, the head of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, met with supporters on Monday outside his
Bangalore home to wish him a happy birthday. Numerous Congress supporters waited for hours with cakes to wish the Congress leader who is a contender for Karnataka's Chief Minister's post.
Karnataka: Siddaramaiah or Shivakumar? Who will be to lead the Congress?
