NE NEWS SERVICE
BENGALURU, MAY 14
Newly elected Congress MLAs in Karnataka on Sunday authorised party president Mallikarjun Kharge to pick the next chief minister, party sources said.The Congress Legislature Party, which met at a private hotel here Sunday evening, passed a unanimous resolution authorising the party chief to pick its leader.
- Every MLA will meet the Congress’s team of observers and tell them their choice
- The new Karnataka Chief Minister and the cabinet will take oath on Thursday
- DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah have expressed interest in the top post
VIDEO | Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief @DKShivakumar speaks to media ahead of the CLP meet today. #KarnatakaResultsWithPTI pic.twitter.com/c2piuTmb48
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 14, 2023
Earlier, the Congress central observers, along with AICC General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal held a meeting with Leader of Opposition in the outgoing Assembly Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D K Shivakumar.
D. K. Shivkumar (President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) while Bharat Jodo Yatra in Delhi on 6th Jan 2023 claimed they will win 136 seats and they win exact.@DKShivakumar
#136 #Karnataka #congress pic.twitter.com/Q67mHCZUb9— Amogh Gaikwad (AG) (@IamAmoghG) May 14, 2023
Congress president Kharge had deputed former Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, AICC general secretary Jitendra Singh and former AICC general secretary Deepak Babaria as observers for the election of the CLP leader.
Every MLA will meet the Congress’s team of observers and tell them their choice. The new Karnataka Chief Minister and the cabinet will take oath on Thursday, sources have said.
Congress leaders DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah have expressed interest in the top post, raising concerns over a stand-off if the matter is not resolved.
Congress scored a thumping win in the May 10 Assembly polls as it secured 135 seats out of 224, while the BJP bagged only 66.