Three central observers appointed by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in Karnataka, arrived in Delhi on Monday to present their report to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on the question of appointing the chief minister of the State.
Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramiah left for Delhi from his residence in Bengaluru as the Congress engages in the process of picking the next chief minister after the party's emphatic win 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.
The Congress party created history by registering the biggest vote share in the state by any party in the Karnataka assembly polls in the last 34 years.
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.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nana Patole on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after its poor performance in the Karnataka Assembly Elections and said that the "corrupt" Maharashtra government would witness a similar fate.
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'.
After Congress registered a thumping victory in the Karnataka assembly election, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday assured the people that the grand old party will fulfil all the five promises made to the public in the party's manifesto after the formation of the cabinet.
A day after the results of the Karnataka polls, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday urged the opposition to unite stating that if the opposition does not unite now then the people of the country will not forgive them.
Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Sunday that BJP'S defeat in the Karnataka assembly election is not a defeat of Prime Minister Modi adding that "Congress leadership has lost in the entire country".
Pilot, who has been vocal about the inaction by the Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government regarding the alleged corruption during the previous Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government in the state, said that he and the Chief Minister have to fight "unitedly" against corruption, however, Gehlot