The Suspense Over The Next Chief Minister Of Karnataka Is Expected To End Soon As Reports On Friday Suggested That Most Of The Congress MLAs Backed Siddaramaiah As The CM During The Meeting Of The Newly Elected Legislatives And Senior Party Leaders.
A Team Of AICC Observers Comprising Union Ministers AK Antony, Ambika Soni And AICC General Secretary Madhusudan Mistry Today Arrived In Bangalore And Held A Meeting To Elicit The Opinion Of Party MLAs On Electing The New CM.
AICC Observers Will Seek Their Opinion On Their Preference For The CM’s Post. The AICC Team Will Then Submit A Report To Party Supremo Sonia Gandhi. The Party High Command Will Take A Decision As To Who Should Be The CM.
Reports Suggest That Siddaramaiah Held A Closed-door Meeting Of His Loyalist MLAs At A Hotel In Bangalore On Thursday Night. More Than 15 MLAs—including Dinesh Gundurao, Ramalinga Reddy, Srinivasa Prasad, Mahadevaprasad And Others—attended The Meeting.
The Main Fight For The Top Post Is Seen Between Veteran Leader And Union Labour And Employment Minister M Mallikarjuna Kharge And Leader Of Opposition In The Outgoing Assembly, Siddaramaiah.
Siddaramaiah, A Former Deputy Chief Minister, Joined Congress In 2006 And Carries The "outsider Tag". He Also Sought To Play The Sympathy Card By Announcing That The May Five Elections Were The Last Poll Of His Life.
Kharge Is A Seasoned Politician And Had Served As Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President And Leader Of Opposition.
The Congress This Week Stormed Back To Power In Karnataka In A Spectacular Fashion After Seven Years, Decimating The Ruling BJP And BS Yeddyurappa’s KJP Along The Way. Congress Put Up An Impressive Show In The Elections Bagging 121 Seats, Eight More Than The Half-way Mark In A House Of 224, Obviating The Need For Crutches And Belying Predictions.
