Karnataka CM name announcement, Siddaramaiah or DK Shivakumar: The Congress party is likely to announce its decision on the appointment of the new Karnataka Chief Minister soon. The decision would draw the curtains on the conflict that has gripped the Congress following its stellar win in the Karnataka Assembly elections. Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, the two top claimants to the post, both visited Delhi today to meet Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. Both leaders are believed to have made a case before the high command justifying their claim to chief ministership of Karnataka.
Earlier today, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today met Kharge at the latter’s residence and discussed the issue of government formation in Karnataka. While most MLAs have backed Siddaramaiah for the post, Shivakumar refuses to let go of his claim to the top post, asserting that it is under his watch as Karnataka Congress president that the party won 135 of the 224 Assembly seats in the state. On Sunday, the party’s legislators unanimously resolved to authorise party president Mallikarjun Kharge to decide who will be the new CM of the state.
Karnataka government formation Live: Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar are the frontrunners for the post of the next Karnataka CM. The Congress bagged 135 seats out of the 224 Assembly seats on Saturday.
Minutes after DK Shivakumar's 45-minute meeting with the Congress president ended, former Karnataka CM Siidaramaiah arrived at Mallikarjun Kahrge's 10, Rajaji Marg residence in Delhi. The successive meetings are expected to deliver a resolution to the ongoing impasse over the declaration of the new Chief Minister of Karnataka.
DK Shivakumar left Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence after meeting him. Siddaramaiah is expected to call on him next.
Karnataka CM hopeful DK Shivakumar today called on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his Delhi residence. Siddaramaiah, the primary claimant to the top post, is slated to meet his later this evening.
Karnataka Congress president arrived at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence at 10, Rajaji Marg. The two leaders are expected to meet and discuss government formation and chief ministership in Karnataka shortly.
With both CM hopefuls, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar in Delhi, the Congress leadership is likely to arrive at a decision on naming the new Karnataka CM today. Some reports say that the decision could possibly come tonight.
Ahead of his meeting with party president Mallikarjun Kharge, DK Shivakumar dismissed reports that he is likely to step down as the KPCC president. Calling such reports as rumours, Shivakumar said that he considers Congress as his mother and all its members as family.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met party president Mallikarjun Kharge and is reported to have held closed-door discussions over government formation in Karnataka. Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala, who is in charge of the party's affairs in Karnataka, was also present at the meeting.
DK Shivakumar, who is set to meet Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge shortly, has denied reports that he is quitting as the KPCC president. Speaking to the media ahead of the meeting, Shivakumar said that Congress is like a mother to him and he has built this party.
Supporters of Karnataka Congress leader G Parameshwara today staged a protest demanding that their leader be appointed as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka.
Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar is likely to meet party chief Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi at around 5 PM today. Shivakumar arrived in Delhi on Tuesday.
The Congress is likely to arrive at its decision regarding the new Chief Minister of Karnataka, media reports said citing party sources. Both Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar are currently camping in Delhi.
Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar's flight has landed in Delhi. He is expected to meet party president Mallikarjun Kharge and other top party leaders in the national capital. Shivakumar is among the top claimants to the chief minister's post in Karnataka.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is set to meet senior party leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. A decision on the new Karnataka CM is expected to be arrived at during the meeting.
Ahead of his Delhi visit, DK Shivakumar said that everyone's interests need top be protected and Congress is a family for everyone. "Sonia Gandhi is our role model...Congress is family for everyone. Our constitution is very much important, so we have to protect everyone's interest," he said.
"Winning 20 seats (in Lok Sabha polls) is our next challenge...Ours is a united house, I don't want to divide anyone here. I am a responsible man...I will not backstab also and I will not blackmail also. I don't want to go to the wrong history, I don't want to go with a bad remark," Shivakumar told news agency ANI.
Amid prevailing suspense over whom the Congress' top leadership will pick as new Karnataka CM, DK Suresh, brother of Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar said that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will decide on the issue soon.
"Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Sonia Gandhi will take a call on the issue (of deciding Karnataka CM). DK Shivakumar is coming today, after that, AICC president and other leaders will sit together & discuss the issues," he told reporters.
A meeting of party observers for Karnataka began under the chairmanship of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence in Delhi. Siddaramaiah, who arrived in Delhi earlier today, is not present at the meeting.
Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar said he will not be travelling to Delhi due to illness and said he has left the decision of chief ministership to the party high command.
Dropping clear signs of his intent over his claim to chief ministership, DK Shivakumar said that "a single man with courage becomes a majority". He was speaking to the media ahead of his visit to Delhi where he is expected to call on the Congress president who has been authorised to pick the next Karnataka CM.
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president DK Shivakumar said on Monday that it was he who delivered Karnataka for Congress. He is scheduled to leave for Delhi shortly.
"I am the party state president and under my presidency, Congress has won 135 seats in Karnataka," says D K Shivakumar.
Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah arrived in the national capital amid an impasse over whom the Congress will pick as the new Chief Minister. Hi challenger DK Shivakumar is also expected to land in Delhi later today evening.
After BJP's defeat in assembly elections, outgoing Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai meets RSS leaders in Bengaluru, and held discussions on the poll outcome and future plans. In the 224-member Assembly, the BJP bagged 66 seats,
Congress general secretary and in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala said that the government will soon be formed in Karnataka.
Congress observer Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, on the new CM of Karnataka, says, “We have spoken to all the MLAs. We will submit our report to the Congress president."
Congress party on Saturday witnessed a thumping victory bagging 135 seats in the 224-member Assembly. The BJP was ousted from the state and secured 66 seats, while the Janata Dal (Secular) bagged 19 seats.
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Congress on Saturday created history by managing to get the highest vote share by any party in the Karnataka assembly polls in the last 34 years. In the 2023 elections, Congress won 135 seats and recorded a whopping 42.88 per cent of the vote share, the highest victory since 1989. The Congress victory has come at a time when it is seeking momentum ahead of assembly polls later this year in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Telangana and the Lok Sabha polls next year.