New Delhi: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and state Congress chief DK Shivakumar will meet Rahul Gandhi amid the prevailing impasse over the subsequent chief minister of the southern state, 4 days after the occasion’s resounding victory within the keenly contested meeting elections. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge already met the 2 high contenders final night amid ongoing efforts in the direction of an settlement. Siddaramaiah (75) and Shivakumar, 61, have been informed to remain in Delhi for now, mentioned Congress sources.
Meanwhile, the Congress central management will maintain one other spherical of deliberations to decide on the brand new Karnataka Chief Minister with each Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar persisting with their claims for the highest put up and their supporters lobbying onerous for them. The subsequent spherical of conferences is slated to happen within the afternoon after which a remaining choice is prone to be made.Â
Party sources mentioned UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is prone to attain Delhi in the present day from Himachal Pradesh and is predicted to satisfy some leaders who’re a part of the decision-making course of in Karnataka. The sources mentioned DK Shivakumar, who’s Karnataka Congress chief, is prone to comply with solutions made by Sonia Gandhi to assist the occasion clear up the management situation within the state.
New Claimants For Karnataka CM’s Chair
Dr G Parameshwara, former Karnataka Deputy CM, has additionally proven his keenness for the highest job within the state, stating that if he’s assigned the accountability, he’ll fulfil it. “If the Congress high command gives me the responsibility of the CM post, I will definitely fulfil it. They know everything about me and my work. I don’t want to lobby,” he mentioned.
Congress basic secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal, nevertheless, mentioned a very good choice” will come. “Decision will come, wait. Good choices will come. It will come as quickly as attainable,” Venugopal mentioned as he left Kharge’s residence.
The outcomes of meeting polls had been declared on Saturday and the newly-elected Congress MLAs on Sunday authorised Kharge to take a call.
Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar Camping In Delhi
With the motion shifting to Delhi, each Siddaramaiah, a former Chief Minister of Karnataka, and Shivakumar reached Delhi. Congress management is eager on an early choice on the selection of Chief Minister and in addition needs to make sure that there are not any fissures both within the working of the federal government or the occasion in Karnataka in order that the occasion can deal with its preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The Congress is already battling factionalism in Rajasthan and the variations in Chhattisgarh on the problem of management haven’t totally ended. The occasion suffered in Madhya Pradesh as a result of exit of Jyotiraditya Scindia. Congress management is a components the place Karnataka could have Deputy Chief Ministers together with the Chief Minister to satisfy the aspirations of assorted communities.
The central observers appointed by the occasion in Karnataka spoke to MLAs and gave their report back to the occasion management. Sources mentioned Kharge will take the ultimate choice after consulting Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. “No final decision has been made on the Karnataka CM post yet. Congress president has met all the stakeholders. Now the final decision will be taken by him in consultation with Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. The announcement can be delayed and the announcement can be made in Bengaluru itself,” a supply mentioned.
Kharge held conferences with each Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah on Tuesday. Siddaramaiah got here to Kharge’s residence alongside together with his son Yatindra and MLAs Zameer Ahmad, Bhyrati Suresh, and senior chief KJ George.
Won’t Blackmail Party: ShivakumarÂ
Earlier within the day, Shivakumar, in an unique interview with ANI mentioned he wouldn’t resort to “backstabbing or blackmail” whatever the occasion’s choice. “If the party wants they can give me the responsibility……. Ours is a united house, our number is 135. I don’t want to divide anyone here. Whether they like me or not, I am a responsible man. I will not backstab and I will not blackmail,” he mentioned.
“The party is my god…We have built this party, I am a part of it and I am not alone in this,” he mentioned earlier than his departure from Bengaluru. “We have built this party (Congress), we have built this house. I am a part of it…A mother will give everything to her child,” he mentioned.
Asked about his expectations because the state occasion president, Shivakumar mentioned,” I don’t want to comment on what has happened earlier. How it happened. That is a closed chapter we formed the government we lost the government, we lost a coalition government. Who is responsible for the victory and loss there is no use in talking about it now. Let us not sell this story… let us sell the future.” Congress scored an emphatic win in Karnataka, getting 135 seats within the 224-member meeting and decreasing BJP to 66 seats.
