Karnataka Chief Minister-elect Siddaramaiah along with his deputy DK Shivakumar meets Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to stake claim to form government in the state, at Raj Bhavan, in Bengaluru on Thursday, May 18, 2023. (PTI photo)
Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar will take oath as chief minister and deputy chief minister along with some ministers at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru at 12.30 pm on Saturday.
Chief Minister-designate Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar left for New Delhi on Friday to hold discussions with the party high command regarding the allocation of portfolios and ministers to be included in the new Karnataka cabinet.
On Thursday, a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) formally elected Siddaramaiah as its leader, after which he staked his claim to the governor, who invited him to form the government.
Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar will take oath as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister respectively along with some ministers at 12.30 pm at the Kanteerava Stadium here on Saturday.
Before leaving for the national tour, Shivakumar said, “Siddaramaiah, Randeep Singh Surjewala (AICC general secretary) and I are going to Delhi, we will meet Mallikarjun Kharge (AICC president) to discuss and decide on the first phase of cabinet expansion.” ) will meet.” Capital.
Talking to reporters here, in response to a question, he said, ‘Our first priority is to fulfill the promises made to the people. Cabinet, people, all those things we will tell you later, we will do nothing except you (media), no need to speculate. We will work unitedly.” The first challenge facing Siddaramaiah is setting up a cabinet with the right combination that will strike a balance in having representatives from all communities, regions, factions and even the old and new generation. Legislators With the sanctioned strength of the Karnataka cabinet being 34, there are a lot of aspirants for ministerial posts.
Asserting that the voice of the people would be the voice of the Karnataka government, Shivakumar said, “All our national leaders are coming (for the swearing-in ceremony). In the first cabinet, on the first day we will implement all our ‘guarantees’, we will keep our promise.” Several national leaders have been invited for the swearing-in ceremony and most of them are coming, he said, as they have invited Party workers and supporters from across the state were taken to the venue, and asked to reach there much before the scheduled time, to ensure that there was no traffic or any other difficulty.
Shivakumar also invited BJP and JD(S) leaders for the event, adding that as people’s representatives, they are also part of the government machinery.
The nominated DCM also visited Kanteerava Stadium, the venue of the swearing-in ceremony and inspected the preparations there.
Asked whether the guarantee would be with or without conditions, Shivakumar said, “I will not say anything now, once we decide, we will inform you.” We will talk.” “They are not the guarantee of Shivakumar or Siddaramaiah, they are the guarantee of the Congress party,” he said.
The Congress has promised to implement ‘guarantees’ – 200 units of free electricity to all households (Griha Jyoti), Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the female head of every household (Griha Lakshmi), 10 kg rice free to each member of a BPL family (Griha Lakshmi). Anna Bhagya), Rs 3,000 per month for graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for diploma holders (both in the 18-25 age group) for two years (Yuvanidhi), and free travel for women in public transport buses (Shakti) across the state On the very first day of assuming office.
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