New Delhi, May 18 (PTI) Ending days of suspense, the Congress on Thursday announced Siddaramaiah as the next chief minister of Karnataka and state party president D K Shivakumar as his only deputy in the soon-to-be-formed cabinet. The two leaders, who were in a tight race for the top post, would take oath along with other...
Bengaluru, May 18 (PTI) Multiple challenges, particularly with regard to cabinet formation, stare at Siddaramaiah as he takes over as the new chief minister of Karnataka, nudging out party colleague and state Congress president D K Shivakumar -- who will now be his deputy. The first challenge that Siddaramaiah faces on being sworn in is putting...
Bengaluru, May 18 (PTI) He is known as the "trouble shooter" of the Congress but when it came to becoming the Chief Minister, D K Shivakumar couldn't clear the hurdle and was pipped to the post by Siddaramaiah. With Shivakumar as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, the party scored a resounding victory in the May...
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI) With a strong showing by the Congress in the Karnataka assembly polls, senior party leader P Chidambaram on Saturday congratulated the state's people for a "decisive verdict" and said they stood up to the "money and muscle power of the so-called double engine government" of the BJP. The Congress was striding...
Bengaluru, May 13 (PTI) Overcome with emotions, Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar on Saturday broke down while reacting to the Assembly elections results and gave credit to the Gandhi family for reposing their faith in his leadership in the State. With tears rolling down his cheeks, the former Minister thanked the party cadres and leaders...
Lucknow, May 13 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the assembly election trends from Karnataka that project a Congress victory send the message that the "end" of the BJP's negative, communal and corrupt politics has begun. The Congress was striding forward with leads in 117 seats while the BJP was ahead in 75...
Bengaluru, May 13 (PTI) A renewed energy seems to have been infused into the 75-year old Congress leader Siddaramaiah's gait as he walked to address a packed press conference in Mysore on Saturday. "This (election result in Karnataka) will be a stepping stone for Congress' victory in 2024," Siddaramaiah said, losing no time in sending the...
Jaipur, May 13 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Karnataka has chosen the politics of development over communal politics, reacting to the assembly election result trends that showed the Congress marching towards victory. The Congress was striding forward with leads in 117 seats while the BJP was ahead in 75 in Karnataka, according to Election...
Bengaluru, May 13 (PTI) A resurgent Congress appeared headed for a simple majority in Karnataka, and on course to wrest power from the BJP in a morale-boosting victory ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections. As per the latest trends, the M Mallikarjun Kharge-led party was leading in 119 constituencies, well above the 113-mark needed...
Puducherry, May 13 (PTI) With the Congress on Saturday establishing a lead in the Karnataka Assembly elections over its rival-the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-, leaders and cadres of the party in Puducherry began celebrating the trends. The Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee president A V Subramanian said in a release that "the Congress has vanquished the BJP...
