The assembly is scheduled for six pm on the Shangri-La Lodge in Bengaluru.
New Delhi:
The Congress has this night known as a gathering of its MLAs to deliberate on the tough subject of who will get the highest job after their thumping victory within the Karnataka meeting elections yesterday. Within the assembly, which Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar mentioned is scheduled for six pm on the Shangri-La Lodge in Bengaluru, the Congress Legislative Social gathering is predicted to go a decision leaving it to the Congress nationwide president to resolve the chief minister choose. Sources mentioned no closing resolution shall be taken as we speak, however views of all MLAs shall be ascertained.
DK Shivakumar and former Chief Minister and chief of Opposition within the Meeting Siddaramaiah have each been vocal about their aspirations for the highest put up, elevating fears of an disagreeable stand-off throughout the social gathering if the matter is not resolved. DK Shivakumar has gone together with his household and brother, Congress MP from Bangalore Rural DK Suresh, to a temple 120 km away from the state capital.
Supporters of Siddaramaiah have put up a poster outdoors his residence in Bengaluru, referring to him as “the following CM of Karnataka”.
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಅಮೋಘ ಗೆಲುವಿನ ನಂತರ, ನಾಳೆ ಸಂಜೆ 6:05 ಕ್ಕೆ ಶಾಂಗ್ರಿಲಾ ಹೋಟೆಲ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಶಾಸಕಾಂಗ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಸಭೆ ನಡೆಸಲು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿದ್ದೇವೆ.
Publish Congress social gathering’s thumping victory in Karnataka, we’re wanting ahead to having our CLP assembly tomorrow at 6:05pm, at Shangri La resort.
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) Might 13, 2023
Congress nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge, who held a becoming a member of press convention with the 2 high state social gathering leaders final night dedicating the victory to the individuals of the state and promising to implement welfare schemes promised within the social gathering manifesto, is headed again to Delhi this afternoon to satisfy Sonia Gandhi. He will not be current on the massive assembly in Bengaluru as we speak.
The size of Congress victory is a document when it comes to each seats and vote share in over 30 years. The social gathering has received 135 seats — 55 greater than in 2018 — with a vote share of 42.88 per cent. The closest the Congress got here to this rating was in 1999 when it received 132 seats and had a vote share of 40.84 per cent.
In 1989, it received 178 seats with a vote share of 43.76 per cent.
The BJP has received 66 seats with a 36 per cent vote share, and HD Kumaraswamy’s Janata Dal-Secular received 19 seats with a vote share of 13.29 per cent.
The Congress exceeded its personal expectations — Siddaramaiah had mentioned the social gathering was anticipating 120-plus seats.
Murmurs of infighting gained traction yesterday, as DK Shivakumar yesterday reacted strongly to a remark by Mr Siddaramaiah’s son that he ought to occupy the put up once more. “The Excessive Command will resolve,” mentioned Mr Shivakumar.
Mr Shivakumar, 61, yesterday broke down as he spoke about delivering on a promise to the Gandhis. He additionally mentioned he had not slept for 3 years, ever since he made the promise.
“I assured Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge that I’ll ship Karnataka. I can not overlook Sonia Gandhi coming to satisfy me in jail,” mentioned the emotional Congress chief.
On who could be Chief Minister, he mentioned: “The Congress workplace is our temple. We’ll resolve our subsequent step on the Congress workplace.”
Not like Siddaramaiah, Mr Shivakumar has all the time been a Congressman and has not misplaced a single election since his first electoral victory in 1989.
Siddaramaiah, 75, has repeatedly mentioned that is his final electoral contest, hoping, maybe, that the Congress will think about this whereas making its selection.
For his critics within the Congress, Siddaramaiah remains to be the “outsider”, an import from one other social gathering.
An NDTV survey throughout the election marketing campaign revealed that Siddaramaiah was the preferred selection for the following Karnataka Chief Minister.