“Not happy…long way to go” DK Shivakumar’s brother DK Suresh confirms new Karnataka power-sharing
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will extend an invitation to opposition leaders to attend the swearing-in ceremony
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will extend an invitation to opposition leaders to attend the swearing-in ceremony
Siddaramaiah will be the next chief minister of Karnataka with DK Shivakumar as his deputy, ending days of uncertainty, sources said.
A meeting of leaders from like-minded opposition parties is underway at the office of LoP Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament to chalk out the strategy for the floor of the House.
The dissident group G-23 had raised a banner against the leadership and several rounds of meetings had took place since then. The group has said that they are not raising questions on leadership but wanted reforms.
She also blamed the BJP rule in the Centre for dismantling and suppressing democratic institutions and alleged that the government was muzzling the voice of dissent.
"There is a disbalance in RSS and the BJP-led Central government," the Congress leader PL Punia said in response to RSS chairman Mohan Bhagwat's annual Dussehra address.
Congress party has fielded former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s wife Pratibha Singh from Mandi Lok Sabha, Sanjay Awasthi from Arki assembly segment, Bhawani Singh Pathania, the son of ex-minister and MLA Sujan Singh Pathania from Fatehpur and Rohit Thakur from Jubbal Kotkhai constituency.
The state unit of the BJP is facing its worst crisis with its state president’s alleged involvement in the Kodakara money heist case, Manjeshwaram election bribery case and CK Janu bribery case.
Assets belong to the people of the country, they have been created over the last seven decades and are paying dividends to the government as well as providing jobs to millions of people, said Mohan Prakash.
Mickky Pacheco who recently joined Congress, said, "All stakeholders should be consulted before making appointments and elders should be given election management responsibility."
