Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister has approached the High Court seeking quashing of cases against him lodged during the Mekedatu padayatra for violating Covid guidelines and defying government orders.
Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar took oath as chief minister and deputy chief minister on May 20. Eight MLAs -- including Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's son Priyank Kharge
Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar were sworn in as chief minister and deputy chief minister respectively, along with eight ministers on May 20. Portfolios have not been allocated to the ministers yet
The tussle between Ktaka CM Siddaramaiah and his deputy Shivakumar over power-sharing formula has come to fore in very first week after formation of the government
Mallikarjun Kharge, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attended the swearing in ceremony, while former AICC President Sonia Gandhi was absent
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Kharge has invited leaders of several like-minded parties for the swearing-in ceremony, which will see Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administering the oath of office and secrecy to the CM, his cabinet
Will the new Congress government implement the five 'guarantees' that helped it in part to wrest power from the BJP in toto or will they now add a conditions apply clause?
With Shivakumar as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, the party scored a resounding victory in the May 10 elections with 135 seats in the 224-member Assembly
The decision on the next Karnataka Chief Minister came following days of hectic parleys in Delhi after the newly-elected MLAs authorized party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to choose their leader
"Karnataka's secure future and our peoples welfare is our top priority, and we are united in guaranteeing that"
On Thursday afternoon, Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal announced the party's decision
"I wished that my brother would become the Chief Minister, but it didn't happen. We will wait and see," he stated
DK Shivakumar has been given the post of Karnataka's Deputy CM
The average assets of the MLAs witnessed a rise of nearly Rs 30 crore from Rs 34.59 crore in 2018 to Rs 64.39 crore in 2013
D K Shivakumar will continue as Congress Karnataka state president till the Parliamentary elections
The report further said that Shivakumar also said that when the party lost in 2018 under Siddaramaiah, he didn't oppose him
Both Shivakumar & former chief minister Siddaramaiah are staking claim on the top post and are set to meet the party's top leadership before a decision on the new chief minister of Karnataka is taken
Karnataka's DGP to lead the Central Bureau of Investigations for the next two years as Subodh Kumar Jaiswal tenure comes to an end on May 25
"The Party is my god...We have built this party, I am a part of it and I am not alone in this," he added