As Congress is mulling over its chief ministerial choice after getting a thumping majority in Karnataka Assembly elections, party state president DK Shivakumar, an aspirant for the top post on Monday said that it is under his leadership that Congress got 135 seats in the state.
The three observers appointed by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday, include former Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and party leaders Bhanwar Jitendra Singh and Deepak Babaria.
Meanwhile, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief DK Shivakumar, who is celebrating his birthday today said that he has done his duty and now it was upto the party high command to take a call.
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief DK Shivakumar on Monday said that he still has not reached a conclusion on whether he should fly down to the national capital or not.
Meanwhile, on reports that both he and Siddaramaiah are heading to Delhi later today, the KPCC chief said, "Still haven't decided whether to go or not."
Congress leader and All India Congress Committee (AICC) in charge of Karnataka Randeep Surjewala said on Sunday late night that all the procedures of the Congress Legislature Party meeting have been completed and the observers met all the MLAs separately and recorded their views which wil
This comes after the CLP meeting in Bengaluru which was attended by senior leaders Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar, Randeep Surjewala, KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh and others.
The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has unanimously decided to leave the selection of the new leader of CLP (Chief Minister of Karnataka) to the decision of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Mallikarjun Kharge, stated the Congress resolution on Sunday.
Ahead of the Congress Legislative party (CLP) meeting in Bengaluru today, a huge number of supporters gathered outside the residence of Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar in Bengaluru on Sunday and raised slogans of 'We want DK Shivakumar as CM'.
"This Mutt is a holy place for me. Swamiji has always guided me. Swamiji gave me complete guidance even when the Income Tax raids took place. I asked for 134 seats and I got more than that," said Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar.
Amid speculations over the chief ministerial face in Karnataka after Congress' emphatic victory in the Assembly polls, state party president DK Shivakumar on Sunday said that he has no differences with Siddaramaiah, who is being seen as a front-runner for the position of the top post.