Siddaramaiah to take oath as Karnataka CM today; DK Shivakumar to sworn in as his deputy
The swearing-in ceremony scheduled to be held at Bengaluru's Kanteerava Stadium at around 12:30 PM.
The swearing-in ceremony scheduled to be held at Bengaluru's Kanteerava Stadium at around 12:30 PM.
Congress has been holding deliberations over the Karnataka chief minister's post, following the party's win in the assembly polls on May 13.
Siddaramaiah arrived at 10 Janpath to meet Rahul Gandhi. Later, DK Shivakumar also reached 10, Janpath to meet party leader Rahul Gandhi.
The race for leadership is between former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and state BJP chief D K Shivakumar.
Congress leader and All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala, on Sunday late night said that party chief Mallikarjun Kharge will not take long and announce the name of next chief minister of Karnataka soon.
Yediyurappa said that there are demands from various quarters to extend the lockdown but as of now his government is in no hurry to think on lines of extending the lockdown, the decision on which, however, can be taken on June 5, two days prior to the current lockdown's end.
Overall, so far, the deaths due to Covid are put at about 1.8 lakh.
In case this revenue gap is not bridged in the coming years despite all compliance efforts, adequate compensation, in the manner as envisaged in the Compensation Act, should be extended beyond 2022
He said that when his father, HD Deve Gowda, was the PM, there was relative calm in Jammu-Kashmir.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara triggered a political row in his state and within his party when he said that Congress ignores Dalits for the top job.
