Bengaluru: With extremely positioned sources confirming that senior Congress chief Siddaramaiah would be the subsequent Chief Minister of Karnataka and occasion’s state unit president D Ok Shivakumar will probably be his deputy, Congress nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge is predicted to make a proper announcement on this regard on Monday after the occasion’s spectacular victory within the essential meeting elections held within the southern state.
Congress chief and All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Sunday evening knowledgeable that occasion chief Mallikarjun Kharge is not going to take lengthy and announce the identify of the subsequent chief minister of Karnataka very quickly.
Speaking to reporters after a late-night assembly of newly elected Congress MLAs in Karnataka’s Bengaluru, Surjewala mentioned, “Party leadership will take a decision. I can’t replace my judgement with Kharge Sahab’s judgement. He is our senior, and as you all know him. He is the son of the soil of Karnataka, and I’m sure he will not take very long.”Â
“The winning party will be in the first cabinet when we will implement our first five guarantees,” he mentioned whereas responding to a question on plans for the oath-taking ceremony after the choice on the brand new CM of Karnataka.
CLP Authorises Kharge To Pick New CM
The assembly was convened after Congress Legislature Party (CLP) unanimously handed a decision authorising occasion president Mallikarjun Kharge to choose the identify of the Karnataka Chief Minister. “The Congress Legislature Party unanimously resolves that AICC President is hereby authorised to appoint the new leader of the Congress Legislature Party,” the decision said.
The assembly which began late on Sunday evening at a lodge in Bengaluru, continued until 1.30 am. It was attended by all 135 newly elected MLAs. Former Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and occasion leaders Jitendra Singh and Deepak Babaria had been current within the assembly as observers. Party leaders like Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar, KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh and others additionally attended the assembly.
“Entire process of meeting individual legislators of Congress party has been completed with great bohemia. The observers met all the MLAs separately and recorded their views and now they will submit a report to the Congress leadership and after that, we will announce the next leader of the Congress Legislature Party,” AICC in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala additional informed reporters.
When requested if there have been any items being deliberate for Siddaramaiah or DK Shivakumar on the latter’s birthday, Surjewala mentioned, “I am not a party to those discussions as General Secretary I’m a simple worker to Congress who stood out with all my legislatures. We were sitting together and planning the future of Karnataka which is more important to us. We also celebrated DK Shivakumar’s birthday together.”
Why Siddaramaiah as Karnataka CM?
According to sources, Congress is eyeing the 2024 Lok Sabha polls after its triumph in Karnataka. For the identical, the Congress hopes to money on Siddaramaiah’s mass attraction throughout the state. The occasion is now hoping to undertaking Siddaramaiah as its major ‘face’ and Shivakumar because the supervisor for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.Â
AHINDA Formula
The Congress believes that Karnataka’s well-liked – AHINDA system – performed a giant function to play in its victory. Ahinda is a Kannada acronym for ‘Alpasankhyataru’ or minorities, ‘Hindulidavaru’ or backward lessons, and ‘Dalitaru’ or Dalits. It is alleged that Siddaramaiah is an professional in managing this vote financial institution and enjoys mass attraction amongst these communities. For the identical purpose, the occasion does not want to go in opposition to Siddaramaiah, who has a historical past of rebels in opposition to former bosses in Janata Dal factions.
Earlier within the day, DK Shivakumar dropped main hints to the general public about his want for the highest put up. In order to placate Shivakumar – thought of pivotal for Congress victory in Karnataka – the excessive command determined to award him prime ministries of the state. An enormous variety of supporters gathered outdoors the residence of Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar in Bengaluru on Sunday and raised slogans of ‘We need DK Shivakumar as CM’.
Congress, which registered an emphatic victory defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka on Saturday, had been going through the problem of deciding the chief minister amid speculations of Siddaramaiah being the front-runner adopted by state occasion president DK Shivakumar. Kharge, earlier within the day, appointed three observers in Karnataka together with former Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and occasion leaders Jitendra Singh and Deepak Babaria for the election of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) chief within the state.
According to the Election Commission of India, Congress received 135 seats pushing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of energy in the one southern state it dominated and boosting its personal prospects for the electoral battles forward. BJP managed to win 66 seats. Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) bagged 19 seats. Independents have received two seats whereas Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha and Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha received one seat every.Â
