“Under my leadership, Congress got 135 seats,” DK Shivakumar to reach Delhi proper this second for subsequent Karnataka CM talks

As Congress is mulling over its chief ministerial various after getting a thumping majority in Karnataka Assembly elections, event state president DK Shivakumar, an aspirant for the very best publish on Monday talked about that it is beneath his administration that Congress purchased 135 seats throughout the state.

Addressing the media people proper right here, Shivakumar talked about, “It is my birthday today, I will meet my family. Afterward, I will leave for Delhi. Under my leadership, we have 135 MLAs, all in one voice, said that the matter (to appoint CM) is to be left to the party’s high command. My aim was to deliver Karnataka and I did it.” 

“Congress high command called me and Siddaramaiah to Delhi. Sonia Gandhi, Kharge had given me the post of president. 135 seats have come under my presidency. When all MLAs left our party and we lost our government, I did not lose hope. I do not want to disclose what has happened in the last 5 years,” the Karnataka Congress chief added.

“I’m a single man, I believe in one thing that a single man with courage becomes a majority…When all our MLAs left the party (2019 JD(S)-Cong coalition govt), I didn’t lose my heart,” Shivakumar talked about sooner than heading to Delhi for Karnataka CM talks.

Meanwhile, former chief minister Siddaramaiah has already arrived in Delhi on Monday to fulfill the very best Congress administration as a result of the event engaged throughout the means of selecting the next Karnataka CM.

Three central observers appointed by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in Karnataka, arrived in Delhi on Monday to present their report again to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on the question of appointing the chief minister of the State.

The observers Sushil Kumar Shinde, Deepak Bawaria, and Bhanwar Jitendra Singh have been tasked with speaking to newly elected Congress MLAs on the election of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) chief in Karnataka and subsequently to submit their report again to the event’s extreme command. The three observers have been appointed by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday.

Jitendra Singh talked about, “We have taken the views from all the MLAs, the meeting went on till 2 am (this morning). We have prepared a report and will submit it to the Congress president.”

Congress chief BK Hariprasad talked about that in yesterday’s CLP meeting, the voting was carried out by the use of a secret ballot.

Earlier on Sunday late at evening time, Congress chief and All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala, talked about that event chief Mallikarjun Kharge will not take prolonged and announce the establish of the next chief minister of Karnataka shortly.

The meeting was convened after Congress Legislature Party (CLP) unanimously handed a choice authorising event president Mallikarjun Kharge to pick out the establish of the Karnataka Chief Minister.

The meeting which began late on Sunday evening time at a resort in Bengaluru, continued till 1.30 am. It was attended by all 135 newly elected MLAs.

Former Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and event leaders Jitendra Singh and Deepak Babaria have been present throughout the meeting as observers. Party leaders like Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar, KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, and others moreover attended the meeting.

An huge number of supporters gathered outside the residence of Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar in Bengaluru on Sunday and raised slogans of ‘We want DK Shivakumar as CM’.

Congress, which registered an emphatic victory defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in outcomes of the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections launched on Saturday, had been coping with the issue of deciding the chief minister amid speculations of Siddaramaiah being the front-runner adopted by state event president DK Shivakumar.

According to the Election Commission of India, Congress acquired 135 seats pushing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of power within the one southern state it dominated and boosting its private prospects for the electoral battles ahead.

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.

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