Karnataka Chief Minister’s announcement today: Kharge will call Legislature Party meeting in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah’s name almost final

Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, the two contenders for the post of Chief Minister, met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday evening.

The three-day-long tussle over the Chief Minister of Karnataka will end on the fourth day today. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will announce the name of the Chief Minister by calling a meeting of the Legislature Party in Bengaluru. Two names are in the race – Karnataka Pradesh Congress President DK Shivakumar and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Earlier it was discussed that DK-Siddha would be made CM for half-term, but both the leaders did not agree with the 50-50 formula. The news is that Siddaramaiah’s name is almost fixed for the post of Chief Minister of Karnataka. DK Shivakumar has been asked to wait till the Lok Sabha elections. Till then he will be made deputy CM or will be given two important ministries along with the state president.

Congress got 135 out of 224 seats in Saturday’s election results. In the Congress Legislature Party meeting held on Sunday, all the MLAs authorized Kharge to elect the leader. After this, the Congress President had asked the observers to have a one-to-one talk with all the MLAs.

On Tuesday evening, both the contenders for the post of CM DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at his house in Delhi. Kharge spoke to Rahul-Sonia about meeting both the leaders. Today he will go from Delhi to Bangalore.

DK Shivakumar arrived to meet Kharge at 5.30 pm on Tuesday. According to sources, he was called at 6.30, but he reached an hour earlier.

After meeting DK Shivakumar, Mallikarjun Kharge also met Siddaramaiah.

kharge met rahul
Rahul Gandhi reached Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence at 12.30 pm on Tuesday. What happened between them, it has not come to the fore.

DK said- I will neither cheat nor blackmail

This photo is of Bangalore Airport. DK spoke to the media before leaving for Delhi.

DK Shivakumar said in Bengaluru on Tuesday morning, ‘We are all one. We are 135. I don’t want to divide anyone. whether they like me or not. I am a responsible person. I will not cheat nor blackmail. We built the Congress party, we built this house. I am a part of it.

He said, ‘A mother gives everything to her child. Sonia Gandhi is our role model. Congress is like family to everyone. Our constitution is very important and we have to protect the interests of all. Our next target is to win 20 seats in the Lok Sabha. The Congress has not been able to announce the CM since the election results came out on May 13. Read his full interview…

The newly elected MLAs of Congress reached to meet Congress President Kharge.

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