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Karnataka CM Announcement Live Updates: Siddaramaiah to be CM, DK Shivakumar his deputy, oath-taking ceremony on May 20
3 min read . Updated: 18 May 2023, 08:52 AM IST
PremiumKarnataka CM Race: Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah will be the next chief minister of Karnataka and DK Shivkumar will be his deputy, according to the reports. The Congress party has reached the decision with the two leaders agreeing to a rotational formula. Siddaramaiah will be the CM for a period of 2.5 years. After which, Shivakumar will be takeover as the CM. The swearing-in ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 20, 2023.
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18 May 2023, 08:51:02 AM IST
Cong hits back at BJP for questioning delay in deciding Karnataka CM
The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the BJP for criticising it over the delay in deciding the chief minister of Karnataka, and cited examples when the saffron party declared its chief ministers in Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Assam several days after winning the polls.
18 May 2023, 08:37:18 AM IST
A look at May 10 Karnataka Assembly election results
In the May 10 elections to the 224-member Assembly, the Congress scored an emphatic victory by bagging 135 seats, while the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the former prime minister H D Deve Gowda-led Janata Dal (Secular) secured 66 and 19 seats respectively.
18 May 2023, 08:21:19 AM IST
Karnataka CM Announcement: Cong's CLP meet today
A Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting has been called by the party's state unit chief D K Shivakumar here on Thursday evening.
The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief has written to all the legislators, asking them to attend the meeting of newly-elected MLAs, MLCs and MPs at the Indira Gandhi Bhavan on Queen's Road here at 7 pm. (PTI)
18 May 2023, 08:05:07 AM IST
Karnataka: All you need to know about swearing-in ceremony
Preparations were underway at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium for the swearing-in ceremony. Officials were seen inspecting the venue at the heart of Bengaluru on Wednesday afternoon. Police personnel also conducted inspections at the Stadium today. The venue gains additional significance as the site of a 2013 oath-taking ceremony where Siddaramaiah assumed the mantle of Chief Minister for the first time.
18 May 2023, 07:50:38 AM IST
BJP's jibe at Congress over Karnataka CM announcement
Before Congress finalized the names of the Karnataka CM and deputy CM, the Bharatiya Janata Party took a jibe at the grand old party for being unable to pick the Chief Minister despite four days of getting the mandate.
"Delay in deciding the CM despite getting a full majority shows a lack of unity in the party. The Congress Party must stop playing politics, select a new CM and serve the people by forming the government", Bommai said.
18 May 2023, 07:35:47 AM IST
DK Shivakumar to be Karnataka's new deputy CM
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President DK Shivakumar, who won from Kanakapura constituency in the Karnataka Assembly Elections defeating Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) state minister R Ashoka, has been designated the chief minister of Karnataka by the Congress High Command.
18 May 2023, 07:20:42 AM IST
Who is Siddaramaiah? All you need to know about new Karnataka CM
Siddaramaiah represented the Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru in the Karnataka assembly five times - in 1983 as an Independent, in 1985 on a Janata Party ticket, in 1994 and 2004 for the Janata Dal, and in 2006 for the Congress by a lean margin of 257 votes.
18 May 2023, 07:05:48 AM IST
Karnataka: Congress on new CM announcement
Hectic parleys were held on Wednesday to break the deadlock in deciding on the Congress' chief ministerial pick in Karnataka with both the hopefuls Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar presenting their cases before the top brass.
18 May 2023, 06:55:47 AM IST
In states where Congress is strong, other parties should help it: KC Tyagi
Amid the Opposition efforts to forge an alliance in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, JD(U) leader KC Tyagi on Tuesday said that in states where the Congress is stronger, the other parties should help it and the latter should also respond in the same way.
Speaking with ANI, Tyagi cautioned that no party should name any prime ministerial candidate for the 2024 polls. "It will create a rift within the opposition alliance".
18 May 2023, 06:44:51 AM IST
Karnataka CM Announcement: Oath-taking ceremony to take place on THIS day
The oath-taking ceremony will be held in Bengaluru on 20th May.
18 May 2023, 06:35:59 AM IST
Congress calls for CLP meeting today
The grand old party has called a Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting in Bengaluru on Thursday at 7 pm.
18 May 2023, 06:30:43 AM IST
Who will become Karnataka's next CM now?
Siddaramaiah will be the next chief minister of Karnataka with DK Shivakumar as his deputy, ending days of uncertainty, sources said. (ANI)
18 May 2023, 06:25:04 AM IST
Karnataka CM Race: Congress' rotational formula for CM post
The Congress party has reached the decision with the two leaders agreeing to a rotational formula. Siddaramaiah will be the CM for a period of 2.5 years. After which, Shivakumar will be takeover as the CM.
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