As the suspense over the next Karnataka Chief Minister intensifies, Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar are scheduled to meet party leader Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Wednesday.
After registering a landslide victory in Karnataka assembly polls, the party is working on selecting the next Chief Minister of the state; the most probable names among which are former CM Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief DK Shivakumar.
Congress leader Siddaramaiah's son Yathindra on Saturday said that the party will do "anything" to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party out of power and that his father should become the Chief Minister of the state.
Clarifying on his supposed declaration of being the Congress's chief ministerial candidate in the ensuing Karnataka Assembly polls, former CM Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said he was only an 'aspirant' for the post.
In a video that went viral on social media, Siddaramaiah could be seen surrounded by a crowd outside his residence. The supporter had come to him amid a huge crowd of visitors there.
Several Congress leaders, led by former chief minister Siddaramaiah, were detained by the police during a protest march against the Karnataka government on Saturday.
Leader of the Opposition and former CM Siddaramaiah and other Congress leaders in Karnataka Assembly during Budget presentation wore flowers on their ears alleging that BJP govt has cheated people by not fulfilling promises.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called Bengaluru South MP Tejaswi Surya as 'Amavasye (new moon day) Surya' for saying waiving farmers' loans will affect the country's economy.
Congress leader and Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has lashed out at BJP and JDS saying that those parties have no ideology or rationality. He said, "Even if they (BJP) make me the President and PM and also even my mantle will not go with BJP and RSS."
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that whatever might be the difference of opinion internally, but they must unite when it comes to the honour of the nation.
Former Karnataka chief miunister and the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramiah, on Thursday said he was confident that the Congress would win the next Assembly elections in the state.