Karnataka: A decision on the next Chief Minister of Karnataka is likely to be taken today. On Tuesday, the churning for the face of the new CM continued at Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge’s house. Rahul Gandhi, along with the newly elected MLA of the Karnataka Congress, was present at the meeting.
Kharge is also expected to hold meetings with Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, who are frontrunners for the chief minister’s post. Shivakumar reached the national capital from Bengaluru on Tuesday afternoon, while former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah had reached Delhi a day earlier.
#WATCH | Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar arrives in Delhi from Bengaluru. He will meet party high command amid talks to decide the next chief minister of Karnataka. pic.twitter.com/tFfmfgJPxB
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Congress leader BK Hariprasad said today, “The Congress president will take a decision based on the observers’ report. There is no delay; we are following the process.”
Three central observers appointed by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in Karnataka arrived in Delhi on Monday to present their report to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on the appointment of the Karnataka Chief Minister.
Delhi | Amid talks in Congress to decide Karnataka CM, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at the residence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge. pic.twitter.com/XychvLL1eg
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Observers Sushil Kumar Shinde, Deepak Bawariya, and Bhanwar Jitendra Singh were tasked with talking to the newly elected Congress MLAs about the election of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader in Karnataka and later submitting their report to the party high command.
The Congress Legislature Party met in Bengaluru late on Sunday evening and passed a one-line resolution authorising Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to choose the head of the Legislature Party.
