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.
Yeddyurappa accused Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy of trying to lure BJP leaders with “money and minister's position”.
Kumaraswamy had subsequently met the representatives of the committee, and in an attempt to pacify them had promised several steps.
"Information will be obtained from farmers as well. Loan details obtained will be verified in order to benefit all the eligible farmers," he added.
"With more southwest monsoon rains forecast till September, we are worried if the plantations will be further affected," observed Gowda.
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy conducted an aerial survey over rain-ravaged Kodagu district of the state on Sunday.
