Despite Congress' clear mandate in the Karnataka assembly polls, suspense over the chief minister continues as senior leaders DK Shivakumar, who is the Karnataka Congress' president, and Siddaramaiah, former chief minister and leader of the opposition are in the race.
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While talking exclusively to ANI, DK Shivakumar said, "If the party wants they can give me the responsibility.......ours is a united house... Whether they like me or not, I am a responsible man. I will not backstab or blackmail."
Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar is scheduled to be in the national capital Delhi on Tuesday amid a cliffhanger regarding the decision on the next chief minister after the party's emphatic win in the State.
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.
Amid the suspense over the next Karnataka Chief Minister, state Congress president DK Shivakumar said that all the MLAs are together and the call will be taken by the party high command.
The central observers of Congress for Karnataka have submitted their report to party president Mallikarjun Kharge who will consult UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi to arrive at a final decision, party sources said on Monday
Amid speculation regarding his visit to Delhi, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief DK Shivakumar said that he won't be travelling to the national capital today due to a "stomach infection".
With Congress deliberating the choice of chief minister in Karnataka, DK Shivakumar on Monday said the party won 135 seats with him as state party unit chief and he did not want to disclose what happened in the last five years