Karnataka CM Suspense: Siddaramaiah Or DK Shivakumar? Suspense Moves To Delhi

Karnataka government formation Live Updates: DK Shivakumar or Siddaramaiah? The suspense over who will become the next Chief Minister of Karnataka continues even as the swearing-in is scheduled for May 18 (Thursday), according to a Congress spokesperson.

Three central observers deputed by the Congress returned to Delhi on Monday after speaking individually to the newly elected MLAs. They will hand over the report on the views expressed by the majority of the MLAs to party president Mallikarjun Kharge later in the day. Siddaramaiah is also likely to travel to Delhi. On the other hand, Shivakumar says he has not received a call to come to Delhi.

On Sunday, the newly elected MLAs decided to empower Kharge to take a call on who will become the next CM, during the CLP meet. This was done amidst a slogan war between supporters of Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah outside the venue of the meeting, each section wanting their leader to be the next CM of Karnataka.

Karnataka CM suspense: Congress observers to hand over report to president Mallikarjun Kharge

Amid intense lobbying for the chief minister’s post in Karnataka, the three central observers deputed by the Congress on Monday returned to the national capital after speaking individually to the newly elected MLAs.

The observers will hand over the report on the views expressed by the majority of the MLAs to party president Mallikarjun Kharge later in the day.

Former chief minister Siddaramaiah and PCC president D K Shivakumar are both staking claim to the top post and are lobbying hard for it.

Kharge had appointed former Maharashtra chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde, party general secretary Jitendra Singh and former AICC general secretary Deepak Babaria as observers for the election of the CLP Leader of Karnataka.

The three leaders along with AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Surjewala left Bengaluru for Delhi and will meet Kharge.

The observers spoke individually to all the newly elected MLAs and sought their opinion on who should be the chief minister of the state.

They spoke to all the MLAs after dinner at a private hotel on Sunday night and completed the process.

#WATCH | Karnataka: We have taken the views from all the MLAs, the meeting went on till 2am. We have prepared a report and will submit it to the Congress president: Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, AICC observer in Bengaluru, on the decision on the state chief minister#Karnataka pic.twitter.com/nwrHFWsTd3

— ANI (@ANI) May 15, 2023

Not got a call to go to Delhi, govt will be formed at auspicious time: Shivakumar

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D K Shivakumar, a strong contender for the Chief Minister’s post, said he has not received any call from the party’s central leadership to discuss the issue.

When asked whether he will be appointed the Chief Minister, he said: “I don’t know. I have done whatever job was given to me. We have sent a one-line resolution to Delhi.” He also said the government will be formed at an auspicious time.

Amid speculation that he has been asked to come to the national capital by the high command, he said: “I have not received any call yet. Let’s see.” On when the new government would be formed, Shivakumar said, “We will see an auspicious day of the week, auspicious moment and auspicious ‘muhurta’.” Shivakumar is engaged in an intense competition with senior party leader Siddaramaiah for the Chief Minister’s post.

The Karnataka Congress Legislaure Party at its meeting on Sunday unanimously passed a resolution authorising AICC President M Mallikarjun Kharge to choose the new Chief Minister of the state.

In the May 10 Assembly polls to the 224-member House, the Congress won 135 seats, the BJP 66 and the JD(S) 19. The results were declared on May 13. (PTI)

"We have passed a one-line resolution. We will leave it to the party high command. I have not decided to go to Delhi. I have done whatever job I have to do": KPCC chief DK Shivakumar on the decision on Karnataka CM#Karnataka pic.twitter.com/hGDDNvgQUg

— ANI (@ANI) May 15, 2023

Who will be the next Karnataka CM?

DK Shivakumar or Siddaramaiah? The suspense over who will become the next Chief Minister of Karnataka continues even as the swearing-in is scheduled for May 18 (Thursday), according to a Congress spokesperson.

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In sporting terms, the Karnataka Assembly elections can be termed as the quarter-finals and the elections in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana later this year the semi-finals ahead of the all-important Lok Sabha battle next year.

The outcome of the Congress victory in Karnataka in many ways is a pointer to how the battle for supremacy in the general elections will shape up. The victory is a big morale booster for the Congress, which, barring the success in Himachal Pradesh in December, had not won a single state election since the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The scale of the victory will help the Congress counter the narrative and perception that it loses out in direct fights with the BJP all the time. Given that four states will go to polls in the coming months, including Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh that it rules, the Karnataka victory gives the Congress the much-needed confidence to approach these polls aggressively and the political space to argue that it can still fire up the imagination of voters.

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