New Delhi:
Karnataka’s subsequent Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his potential deputy DK Shivakumar got a rousing welcome as they reached Bengaluru this night. The two leaders have been seen smiling, maintaining the united face after the 3 am breakthrough.
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Mr Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar attended the legislature social gathering assembly the place the formal election happened. They have additionally met Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and staked declare to kind authorities. The oath ceremony will happen at 12.30 PM on May 20.
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Sources mentioned there’s a tough understanding of a 50:50 energy sharing, underneath which Mr Shivakumar can succeed Mr Siddaramaiah within the high put up midway by means of the time period.
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But sources mentioned this may hinge on the Congress’s efficiency within the state in subsequent yr’s normal election. Karnataka has 28 parliamentary seats, making it one of many battleground states.
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The five-day deadlock excessive put up was resolved after intervention by Congress’s former president Sonia Gandhi, and DK Shivakumar was persuaded to simply accept the put up of Mr Siddaramaiah’s deputy. In addition, he would even have the management of the social gathering and get his decide of six ministries.
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Mr Shivakumar, who was refusing to budge from his demand for the highest put up, had in the end agreed to “sacrifice for the party”. In an interview to NDTV, he mentioned, “We left it to the high command, they decide. It is the party’s interest over personal interest. I have to accept the high command’s decision”.
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Asked whether or not it was Sonia Gandhi’s intervention that made him change his thoughts, Mr Shivakumar mentioned, “I don’t want to bring Mrs Gandhi or the Gandhi family into this. I just met Rahul (Gandhi) ji. I met Mallikarjun Kharge. I met AICC (All India Congress Committee) office bearers, that’s it.”
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DK Suresh, Congress MP and Mr Shivakumar’s brother, nevertheless, advised NDTV that they have been “not happy”. “My brother wanted to be Chief Minister. We are not happy with this decision,” he mentioned.
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The Congress has slammed BJP allegations of chaos within the social gathering, saying they imagine in “consensus, not dictatorship”. The BJP’s Basavaraj Bommai had alleged that the five-day public impasse excessive put up confirmed a “lack of unity” within the Congress.
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“Siddaramaiah is an experienced politician, an able administrator. He contributed a lot in this election. In the same way, our PCC president is a dynamic party organiser and electrified the cadre. Both are big assets of the Congress party in Karnataka,” mentioned senior Congress chief KC Venugopal.
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The query of Chief Ministership and cohesion within the social gathering is essential for the Congress within the run-up to the overall elections subsequent yr. While Mr Shivakumar has a following among the many politically essential Vokkaliga neighborhood, Siddaramaiah has the help of the AHINDA platform — an outdated social mixture of minorities, Other Backward Classes, and Dalits, which had overwhelmingly supported the Congress.
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