New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister-elect Siddaramaiah will take oath on Saturday in Bengaluru, whereas Congress state unit president DK Shivakumar will assume the function of deputy CM. Some ministers are additionally wish to be sworn in on the ceremony scheduled to begin at 12.30 pm. Congress scored an emphatic win by successful 135 seats within the May 10 Karnataka Assembly Elections. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has invited leaders from like-minded events to take part within the occasion tomorrow. The Congress is making an attempt to present a message to the BJP about opposition unity by sending invites to prime leaders of opposition events.
Oppn Leaders Who’re Attending Siddaramaiah’s Oath Taking
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin is scheduled to go away for Bengaluru on Friday night to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Siddaramaiah because the Karnataka Chief Minister, information company PTI quoted sources as saying.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav will go to Bengaluru for the swearing-in ceremony of the brand new Congress authorities in Karnataka on Saturday.
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Mamata Banerjee To Skip Karnataka CM’s Oath Taking
West Bengal CM and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee will skip Siddaramaiah’s oath-taking ceremony. She has despatched Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, a TMC chief, to signify her on the occasion, information company PTI quoted a TMC chief as saying.
The TMC chief’s attendance on the occasion was seen as essential for opposition unity, particularly after she stated that her celebration will again Congress the place it’s sturdy within the 2024 basic elections.
LDF Slams Congress For Not Inviting Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala’s ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) on Friday slammed the Congress for not inviting Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan to the oath-taking ceremony of Siddaramaiah as Karnataka’s CM. It stated that this exhibits the Congress’ immature politics and weak point. M Ok Stalin, the CM of Tamil Nadu and others have been invited and can go to the occasion on May 20 in Bengaluru.
Invitees For Karnataka CM Swearing In Ceremony
News company ANI quoting sources stated that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Telangana CM Ok Chandrashekar Rao and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee are among the many invitees for the oath-taking ceremony. Other opposition events and leaders similar to CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechuri, Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar. Invitations have additionally been despatched to J&Ok National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik.Â
The Gandhi members of the family – Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra – will attend the occasion too. CMs of states dominated by Congress, similar to Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of Himachal, Ashok Gehlot of Rajasthan and Bhupesh Baghel of Chhattisgarh, will even be there.
The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) on Friday criticised the Congress for not inviting Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to the swearing-in ceremony of Siddaramaiah as Karnataka’s CM, saying the transfer exhibits up the grand previous celebration’s immature politics and weak point.
Congress’s transfer has proved that it can’t perform the mission of bringing collectively the secular democratic forces of the nation in opposition to the BJP’s “fascist” politics, LDF Convenor E P Jayarajan stated.
