Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]May 14 (ANI): Congress leader and All India Congress Committee (AICC) Karnataka in-charge Randeep Surjewala on Sunday said that the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has unanimously passed the resolution and the observers will take the opinion of all the legislators and forward it to the party high command. Reach up to
This comes after the CLP meeting in Bengaluru which was attended by senior leaders Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar, Randeep Surjewala, KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh and others.
“The first CLP meeting is over and two resolutions have been passed in it. The resolution thanked 6.5 crore Kannadigas, party president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar and all party workers who worked tirelessly to ensure that the constitution and democracy were protected not only in Karnataka, but also in Karnataka. Did a great job for. The state has again shown the way of democracy and constitution to the rest of India,” Surjewala told reporters.
The motion was moved by DK Shivakumar. It was supported by MB Patil and supported by other Congress leaders including BK Hari Prasad.
Surjewala said another single-line resolution was moved by former chief minister Siddaramaiah to authorize the AICC president to appoint a new leader of the CLP party.
“Former CM Siddaramaiah moved a single-line resolution authorizing the AICC president to appoint a new leader of the CLP party and 135 Congress MLAs proceeded to unanimously approve his proposal. It was also supported by DK Shivakumar and all others. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal informed Kharge about the proposals,” the AICC in-charge said.
He said, “The AICC President then instructed KC Venugopal that the three senior observers; Former ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde, Deepak Babaria and Jitendra Singh should take personal opinion of each MLA and convey them to the high command.
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said the process of taking the opinion of the MLAs would be completed by tonight itself and after that the observers would go to Delhi to convey the opinion to the AICC president.
“This process of taking the opinion of the legislators will be completed tonight itself. As Randeep Surjewala said, it is a unanimous resolution moved by Siddaramaiah and supported by DK Shivakumar and all senior leaders,” Venugopal said.
The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) unanimously decided to leave the selection of Karnataka’s new chief minister to All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge.
The resolution read, “The Congress Legislature Party unanimously resolves that the AICC President is authorized to appoint a new leader of the Congress Legislature Party.”
Ahead of the CLP meeting today, a large number of supporters gathered outside the residence of Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar in Bengaluru on Sunday and raised slogans ‘We want DK Shivakumar to be the Chief Minister’.
The Congress, which registered an emphatic victory defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka on Saturday, now faces the challenge of deciding the chief minister as Siddaramaiah continues to be the frontrunner, followed by state party president DK Shivakumar.
Kharge on Sunday appointed three observers in Karnataka, including former Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and party leaders Jitendra Singh and Deepak Babaria, for the election of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader in the state.
According to the Election Commission of India, the Congress won 135 seats in the lone southern state, ousting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power and boosting its prospects for further electoral battles. BJP managed to win 66 seats.
The Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) had won 19 seats. Independents have won two seats while Kalyana Rajya Pragati Paksha and Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha have won one seat each. (ANI)
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