Karnataka: Congress leader U.T. Khadar filed his nomination for the post of Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly “Vidhanasoudha”. During this, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivkumar be present.
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Will issue orders to implement five ‘guarantees’: K’taka CM Siddaramaiah
BENGALURU: The newly elected Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that his government will issue an order for the implementation of the five ‘guarantees’ promised by the party before the elections. He also said his government will give administration as expected by the people of Karnataka.
“We will give an administration which people have expected from us. Five guarantees will be passed in the cabinet meeting and an order will be issued to implement them today itself,” Siddaramaiah said soon after taking oath as the Chief Minister.
The Congress has promised to implement the guarantees 200 units of free power to all households (Gruha Jyoti), Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family (Gruha Lakshmi), 10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household (Anna Bhagya), Rs 3,000 every month for unemployed graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for unemployed diploma holders (both in the age group of 18-25) for two years (YuvaNidhi), and free travel for women in public transport buses (Shakti), on the very first day of assuming power in the state. He also thanked people saying the Congress would not have come to power without the blessings of the people.
Siddaramaiah also gave credit to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for the party’s victory in the May 10 Assembly elections, saying, “The election campaign started with Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. I also thank all the leaders who campaigned for Congress right from Rahul and Priyanka (Gandhi Vadra). Apart from them, litterateurs and various organisations too supported us.”
The Chief Minister also said all the other promises the party made in its manifesto will be implemented in the next five years.
“In the past we fulfilled what we had promised and in future too we will do the same,” he added.
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Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi reached Karnataka
Bangalore. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi have reached Karnataka. Actually Congress is going to form the government in Karnataka today. Siddaramaiah will take oath as Chief Minister and DK Shivakumar as Deputy CM. Apart from this, many MLAs will also be administered the oath of cabinet minister. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at 12:30 pm at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. The results of the Karnataka Assembly elections were revealed on 13 May. Congress has won 135 seats, BJP 66 seats and JDS 19 seats. The deadlock between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar over the claim for the post of CM in the Congress continued for several days. However, after several days of meeting and persuasion by the high command, a consensus could be reached between the two leaders.
Shri @RahulGandhi & Congress General Secretary @priyankagandhi ji received a warm and enthusiastic welcome from KPCC President Shri @DKShivakumar.
📍Bengaluru Airport pic.twitter.com/HvnhfIUaaA
— Congress (@INCIndia) May 20, 2023
Sonia Gandhi will not attend the swearing-in ceremony. According to the source, this information has come to the fore. The same CPM Politburo leader Prakash Karat attacked the Congress for not inviting several chief ministers to the swearing-in ceremony. He said that the Congress party is not taking such a stand, so that the parties of different states can be united. They have not invited the Chief Ministers of Kerala and Telangana because the Congress is going to contest elections considering them as their enemies. Elections are going to be held in Telangana in December.BRS said that BJP is their main enemy but Congress is ready to fight against BRS and defeat them. He is not talking about BJP. She should realize that she is not the only force fighting the BJP.
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28 MLAs to take oath as mins along with Siddaramaiah & DK Shivakumar in Karnataka
BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: Chief Minister-designate and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister-designate and KPCC president DK Shivakumar will be sworn in along with 28 ministers at Sri Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru at 12.30 pm on Saturday.
After days of hectic parleys with the Congress high command in New Delhi over deciding on who between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar would be the new CM and reaching a decision on Thursday morning, Friday saw the two leaders back in the national capital to work out cabinet formation modalities.
Siddaramaiah — who has presented 13 budgets — is likely to keep the Finance and Personnel & Administrative Reforms portfolios, while Shivakumar vying for Home along with State Intelligence portfolios may settle for Water Resources and Energy, according to sources privy to the meetings.
It is learnt that the two leaders started shortlisting the names of probable ministers as soon as their flight took off from Bengaluru for New Delhi on Friday afternoon. The lists prepared by them were later presented to AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge at a closed-door meeting, also attended by AICC general secretary (in-charge of Karnataka) Randeep Singh Surjewala and AICC general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal.
Former ministers KJ George, Ramalinga Reddy and Krishna Byregowda from Bengaluru urban district are confirmed to get cabinet berths. Differences arose over the inclusion of NA Harris and Zameer Ahmed Khan till late night when this paper went to press.
Former chief minister Jagadish Shettar, who switched from BJP to Congress ahead of polls in which he lost from the Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency, is also said to be considered, while another BJP turncoat Laxman Savadi, too, is likely to make the cut. Savadi won on Congress ticket from Athani. Former ministers MB Patil, Dr G Parameshwara, Priyank Kharge, Eshwar Khandre, UT Khader, Satish Jarkiholi, among others, are likely to be sworn in. Former Union minister KH Muniyappa or his daughter Roopakala Shashidhar may also be included in the cabinet.
Bengaluru: With senior Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar all set to take oath as CM and Deputy CM, respectively, on Saturday, all eyes are on the first cabinet meeting to be held soon after the swearing-in ceremony.
The new government is expected to announce the implementation of Congress party’s five guarantees. Deputy CM-designate Shivakumar on Friday said the guarantees promised by the Congress party will be implemented. P4
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More than one lakh people will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Chief Minister of Karnataka
Bengaluru (IANS) | The Congress is expecting over one lakh people for Siddaramaiah’s swearing-in ceremony in Karnataka on Saturday and preparations are in full swing. The Kanteerava Stadium, the venue of the swearing-in ceremony, has a seating capacity of over 25,000 people. Officials are planning to accommodate others at the playground. Siddaramaiah was sworn in as chief minister at the same venue in 2013.
The official circular confirmed the presence of 11 VVIPs at the event. Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Puducherry CM N Rangaswamy and Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren are participating in the event. . West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has also been invited but reports say she has deputed her party’s MP for the event.
Siddaramaiah will take oath as Chief Minister, while D.K. Shivkumar will take oath as Deputy Chief Minister at 12.30 pm.
According to sources, Kannada superstar Shivraj Kumar, who campaigns for the Congress party, has also been invited to the function.
The preparations were made keeping in view the ‘Z’ plus and ‘Z’ category security to the Chief Ministers of various states and Congress dignitaries. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will be deputed to ensure security. An Advance Security Liaison (ASL) meeting is being conducted to ensure foolproof security.
Karnataka Police has deployed 12 ACPs, 11 Reserve Police Inspectors, 24 ASIs, 206 constables for security.
Meanwhile, Additional Commissioner of Traffic M.A. Salim has announced the imposition of prohibitory orders around 122 examination centers in Bengaluru where the Common Entrance Test (CET) is conducted.
More than two lakh students from across the state will appear in the CET. The exams will be conducted on full day on May 20 and 21. Due to the oath-taking ceremony, the students were asked to reach the examination centers earlier.
Ramya, executive director of the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), said that all preparations have been completed for the CET exam. He said that the students who are appearing for the examination at the centers located near the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, where the swearing-in ceremony is taking place, should reach two hours before. He said that students appearing for the exam in the afternoon may get stuck in traffic and should start much earlier.
Bulk messages are being sent to the students and information is also being given over phone. Ramya said that the traffic police would take action to avoid inconvenience to the students.
Meanwhile, Deputy CM-designate and Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar along with other leaders visited the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium and inspected the preparations.
–IANS
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar To Attend Swearing-in Of Congress Government In Karnataka: JD(U)
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Congress government in Karnataka on May 20, Janata Dal (United) spokesperson Rajib Ranjan said on Thursday.
The Congress had earlier named Siddaramaiah as the next chief minister of Karnataka and state party president D K Shivakumar as his deputy in the soon-to-formed government.
Bihar deputy chief minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is also expected to attend the oath-taking ceremony in the southern state where the Congress has notched up a morale-boosting win over the BJP after suffering a series of electoral reverses in many big states.
The ceremony may be a show of strength for opposition parties as they work to join hands to take on the ruling BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. PTI KR ANB ANB
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Rahul Gandhi called me and asked to work together: Shivkumar
New Delhi (IANS) | Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar, who has been named Karnataka’s next deputy chief minister, on Thursday said that former party chief Rahul Gandhi called him and asked him to work together. He made the remarks after the party leadership announced his name as the sole Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka. The Congress declared Siddaramaiah as the new chief minister of the southern state. The swearing-in ceremony will take place in Bengaluru on May 20. Shivakumar, who is camping in the national capital since Tuesday, had met party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and several other leaders.
The party’s decision was announced after several rounds of meetings between senior leaders.
On Thursday too, Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah had met party general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal over breakfast, where Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala was also present.
After this, the four leaders together went to Kharge’s residence in a car. After this Venugopal announced this at the party headquarters.
Shivakumar then went to the Youth Congress office and met Srinivas Biwi and congratulated her for working in the Karnataka Assembly elections.
Talking to the media at the IYC headquarters, Shivakumar said, “Everything is fine and it will be fine.”
Asked if he was happy with the decision, the Kanakapura MLA said, “We have prepared a one-line proposal and submitted it to the party leadership.” Eventually Rahul Gandhi called me and said, we all have to work together.
He said, “Mallikarjun Kharge called us and whatever formula has been prepared, we have accepted it.”
Significantly, the Congress faced an uphill task to decide the next chief minister of Karnataka as both senior leaders Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar were staking claim for the top post.
The Congress won 135 out of 224 seats in the state assembly elections, where the ruling BJP was reduced to 66, while the JD-S could win only 19 seats.
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Siddaramaiah will take oath as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka on May 20.
Siddaramaiah will take oath as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka on May 20.
After churning for four consecutive days regarding the Chief Minister in Karnataka, the Congress High Command has taken a decision. Siddaramaiah will be the next Chief Minister of Karnataka and DK Shivakumar will take oath as the Deputy Chief Minister. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has reached a consensus for the formation of the Karnataka government. The swearing-in ceremony will take place on May 20 at 12.30 pm in Bengaluru.
Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting has been called in Bengaluru today (May 18) at 7 pm. Central observers of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) have been asked to reach Bengaluru for the CLP meeting. Earlier on Wednesday, Congress’ Karnataka in-charge Randeep Surjewala had said that the next chief minister will be decided today or tomorrow and a new cabinet will be formed within 72 hours.On Wednesday, a long series of meetings of the contenders for the Chief Minister’s post with the Congress high command continued in Delhi. Several rounds of discussion took place between Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi. DK Shivkumar was also made to sit in the meeting to make a consensus. Earlier in the day, there were reports of a common agreement between Congress state president DK Shivakumar and senior leader Siddaramaiah regarding the chief minister’s post. It was claimed that preparations for the swearing-in are going on in full swing in Bengaluru. But by evening, the party denied this and was told that it will take 2-3 more time to decide the name of the CM. Now late night news has come that a consensus has been reached on the next Chief Minister.
In fact, after a long exercise during the day, there was a discussion on the formula of two and a half years in the party. DK Shivkumar had expressed condition on this also. If sources are to be believed, DK Shivakumar had said that even if it is a common agreement, the first two and a half year term should be given to me while the second to Siddaramaiah. DK Shivakumar said that I should be given the first term or else I don’t want anything. I will remain silent even in that situation. Along with this, DK Shivkumar had flatly refused for the post of Deputy CM as well.
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BRS to hold crucial meeting in backdrop of Karnataka results
HYDERABAD: A crucial meeting of Telangana’s ruling party Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is scheduled to be held here on Wednesday. To be presided over by party president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, the meeting of BRS executive and parliamentary party assumes significance in the wake of Karnataka Assembly election results. KCR, as the Chief Minister is popularly known, is likely to explain to the party leaders why the result of Karnataka elections cannot be repeated in Telangana.
While the defeat of the BJP in Karnataka has brought cheers to the BRS as the saffron party was aggressively projecting itself as the only viable alternative, the Congress s upbeat over its victory and is claiming that the same will be repeated in Telangana. As the BRS is looking to score a hat-trick in Telangana, KCR is likely to explain how the party can overcome anti-incumbency to retain power. BRS working president and KCR’s son K.T. Rama Rao has already stated that Karnataka’s results have no bearing on Telangana.
The Assembly elections in Telangana are scheduled to be held later this year. At Wednesday’s meeting, KCR is also likely to give a roadmap to the party leaders to achieve the target.
The BRS chief is also expected to give direction to the party cadres about participation in state formation day celebrations. The government has already announced big plans to celebrate 10th year of state formation in a grand manner, highlighting the progress made by India’s youngest state.
KCR has decided to organise formation day celebrations for 21 days beginning from June 2. Ministers, MLAs, MLCs, MPs, executive members and chairpersons of corporations will attend the meeting.This will be the second high-level meeting of the BRS in 20 days. The previous general body meeting was held on April 27 to mark the party’s formation day.
Addressing the earlier meeting, KCR exuded confidence that the party will retain power in the state by winning more than 100 seats in the 119-member Assembly. “Coming to power again in Telangana is not a big task. The priority is to win more seats than before,” he had told the party leaders.
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Karnataka Chief Minister’s name will be decided tomorrow, meeting will be held at Kharge’s house at 11 am
New Delhi. The results of the Karnataka Assembly elections have been a source of controversy in political circles across the country. Opposition parties have started planning attacks and strategy against the ruling BJP. When the meetings of Maha Vikas Aghadi have started in Maharashtra also, then who will be the Chief Minister in Karnataka? Talks started on this. Though there is a contest between Shivakumar and former chief minister Siddaramaiah for the chief minister’s post, the final decision is said to be taken by party president Mallikarjun Kharge.
There has been talk of a split in the Congress regarding the Chief Minister’s post in Karnataka. In this regard, the talk of Shivkumar adopting a different path has also started gaining momentum in the political corridors, while Shivkumar himself while talking to ANI has clarified his stand regarding the next political step. Not only this, he has also talked about what will be the target of the Congress party for the Lok Sabha elections.
“Lok Sabha elections are our next challenge. We should win at least 18 to 20 seats in the Lok Sabha elections”, said D.K.Shivakumar. As soon as he was asked about his desire for the chief minister’s post, he pointed fingers at the party leaders. The party will take a decision in this regard. Why should I care? If I am eligible, they will give me that responsibility”, he said.
In Karnataka Congress some MLAs support Shivakumar while some MLAs support Siddaramaiah. Will you take a different decision on the strength of the MLAs supporting you? As soon as the question was asked, Shivakumar dismissed the possibility.
I do not want to break any MLA. We are all one. We are over 135 in number. I don’t want to settle anywhere. MLA likes me or not. But I am the state president of the party. I am a responsible person. I want to treat everyone equally. This is the basic ideology of the Congress party. My best wishes to Siddaramaiah.”
I am not a backstabbing person. I’m not even a blackmailer. Those who have such culture should do so. why would I do that? I will not do that. I don’t want to create wrong history. One who is born has to go one day or the other. I do not want to leave any wrong mark”, D.K. Shivkumar also explained this.