Siddaramaiah to take oath as Karnataka CM on May 20, DK Shivakumar to get deputy CM put up
After their poster wars and following loads of speculations, the Congress get collectively, on Wednesday, May 17, finalized Siddaramaiah as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka with DK Shivakumar as his deputy. The selection was arrived at all through a sequence of late-night discussions on Wednesday that lasted into the early hours of Thursday. The conferences had been attended by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress General Secretaries KC Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala, and the two CM contenders.
Reportedly, a Congress legislative get collectively meeting has moreover been scheduled for May 20, paving one of the simplest ways for Siddaramaiah to grow to be CM for the second time.
As per media tales, Congress has chosen a rotational tenure of two-and-a-half years for every leaders, with Siddaramaiah taking the chair for the first half after which DK Shivakumar turning into the CM for the latter half.
Siddaramaiah apparently had the help of practically all the Congress MLAs making get collectively extreme command come down in his favor as a result of the CM of the state.
Earlier, OpIndia had reported that after the Congress get collectively’s victory in Karnataka assembly elections, the supporters of former CM Siddaramaiah put up a poster exterior his residence in Bengaluru on May 14, calling him “the next CM of Karnataka.” Soon after, supporters of DK Shivakumar positioned a poster exterior his Bengaluru residence, demanding that he be declared “CM of the state.”
Unlike Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar has on a regular basis been a member of Congress and has certainly not misplaced an election since he acquired his first one in 1989. Siddaramaiah has been part of All India Progressive Janata Dal, Janata Dal, and Janata Dal (Secular) sooner than turning into a member of Congress.
In the currently held Karnataka assembly elections, Congress acquired 135 seats pushing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of vitality within the one southern state it dominated. BJP managed to win 66 seats. Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) bagged 19 seats. Independents have acquired two seats whereas Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha and Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha acquired one seat each.
