Preparations are underway at Bengaluru's Sri Kanteerava Outdoor Stadium, where the swearing-in ceremony of the new Karnataka government is likely to be held.
"Congress party is a leisure party, for 5 years the fight for the post of chief minister will continue in the party. People of all caste communities are demanding the post of Chief Minister in the Congress party, this is the culture of the Congress party," Jnanendra said.
The ongoing deliberations in Congress to select the next Chief Minister of Karnataka will continue and the face for State's top post will be announced in the coming two-three days, party State in-charge Randeep Surjewala said on Wednesday.
With Congress poised to name the next Karnataka chief minister after the party's win in the State Assembly elections, Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Wednesday arrived at party president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in Delhi after meeting party leader Rahul Gandhi.
Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the ongoing suspense over the chief ministerial face by Congress shows the "internal situation" in the party.
"I met the party's national president Mallikarjun Kharge and discussed the recent developments in Karnataka...Only high command will decide, we are 100 per cent united. Decision maybe by today evening," Khandare told reporters here.
With the suspense over the next Karnataka chief minister after Congress' win in the State assembly elections, veteran leader Siddaramaiah on Wednesday left Sonia Gandhi's residence in the national capital after meeting party leader Rahul Gandhi.
K Sudhakar, who had defected to BJP in 2019 also alleged that when the miffed MLAs, including him had approached Siddaramaiah to complain about the injustice to them in the JD(S)-Congress coalition government led by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, the senior Congress leader had only fanne
A day after he surprisingly threw his hat in the ring for the post of Karnataka's Chief Minister, Dr G Parameshwara on Wednesday said that there is nothing controversial in selecting the candidate for State's top job.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has held talks with all stakeholders in the State. Rahul Gandhi met Kharge on Tuesday to discuss government formation in the southern state.
According to party sources the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah, a former CM and leader of Opposition, the two main contenders for the chief minister's post will meet with Rahul Gandhi at 10 Janpath.
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.