In New Delhi, the suspense over the Chief Minister’s chair has opened for the past four days. Siddaramaiah has been named as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka, while DK Shivakumar has been selected as the Deputy Chief Minister by the Congress leadership. Their swearing-in will take place on May 20 at 12.30 pm in Bengaluru. Meanwhile, Congress party MLA meeting will be held in Bangalore today evening. These two will be elected as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister in this meeting.
If this is the case, as soon as former Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah was announced as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka, a huge protest was organized outside his residence. There is also a special enthusiasm among his supporters. Posters and banners of Siddaramaiah are seen on a large scale in various parts of Karnataka. Siddaramaiah’s supporters are celebrating. Tapas are bursting, sweets are being fed and Siddaramaiah is offering milk to the banners.
Meanwhile, top leaders Siddaramaiah and DK Sivakumar have hinted that the post of CM will be reduced. Despite the series of meetings and discussions going on in Hastina for the last three days, the uncertainty did not go away. Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge has already met Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar several times. They also collected the views of the party MLAs and made a concerted effort to unseat the post of CM. But the problem is not over. In the mid-way, proposals like Deputy Chief Minister and key cabinet portfolios were put forward by Shivakumar, but he said he was Sasemira and it became a headache for the leadership. On the other hand, former president Sonia Gandhi, youth leader Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi along with party chiefs KC Venugopal and Surjewala also raised their heads on this issue. Finally, the top leaders also put before him the power distribution proposal so that he would continue as Chief Minister for another two and a half years. At one stage, DK Shivakumar agreed to this formula, but the two insisted that he would be the chief minister for the first two and a half years, and the problem started again. DK held talks with Rahul and Kharge for almost two hours. On this occasion he was given two offers. As part of the first proposal, it is reported that he will be given the post of deputy CM along with the continuation of the PCC chief and six key cabinet posts to his group. The panchayat joined Sonia Gandhi as DK said everything was sasemira.. Rahul Gandhi and KC Venugopal had a long discussion with DK last night.. Rahul gave a clear assurance about the future and also told Sonia Gandhi. With various branches Besides, Sidda Ramaiah and Rahul Gandhi told Shivakumar that they will give priority to those who belong to his category in the ministerial category, and the episode of chief minister seat for Karnataka started.