New Delhi: Karnataka Assembly elections 2023: Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah is set to be the next Karnataka chief minister, and his swearing-in ceremony is likely to take place on Thursday. A report in India Today said that he is likely to take oath alone.
DK Shivakumar, another contender for the top post, has been offered the deputy chief ministerial post along with crucial cabinet ministries in the new government, according to sources. A meeting of all the 135 Congress MLAs is expected to be held on Thursday.
The crucial decision comes four days after the Congress won 135 of the 224 seats in a close contest between Congress, BJP and JD (S) ahead of the general elections next year. The BJP was a distant second with 66 seats, while the JD(S), which had hoped to play the kingmaker in a hung assembly situation, was down with just 19 seats.
Meanwhile, state Congress working president Eshwar Khandare and other party MLAs have arrived at party president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence in Delhi ahead of their meeting scheduled on Thursday.
