Siddaramaiah Or DK Shivakumar? Congress’ Karnataka CM still unclear
The Congress faces an acid test after its emphatic win in Karnataka assembly polls, with both state chief DK Shivakumar and senior leader Siddaramaiah eyeing the chief minister spot. Both the leaders are expected to be in Delhi later today to lobby for the state’s top post.
On Sunday, a team of observers appointed by Congress met all the newly-elected Karnataka MLAs to get their vote on who should get the top spot. The team is now in Delhi for discussions with the party’s national leadership, which includes Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Rahul Gandhi.
The decision will finally be taken by Mr Kharge, the party announced after the meeting of its Karnataka MLAs yesterday evening. Congress General Secretaries Sushil Kumar Shinde, Deepak Babaria, and Jitendra Singh Alwar were the observers at the meeting.
