Siddaramaiah formally elected Congress Legislature Party leader in Karnataka
Bengaluru, May 18: A meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) on Thursday formally elected Siddaramaiah as its leader and Chief Minister of Karnataka.
Ending days of suspense, the Congress central leadership earlier on Thursday announced that Siddaramaiah would be the chief minister, while state party chief D K Shivakumar would be his only deputy in the soon-to-formed cabinet.
The meeting of newly-elected Congress MLAs, MLCs and MPs, which took place at Indira Gandhi Bhavan here was also attended by AICC general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala and two other central observers, namely former Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and AICC general secretary Jitendra Singh.
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According to Surjewala, Shivakumar moved a resolution to elect Siddaramaiah as the new leader of the Congress Legislature Party in Karnataka. All the members of CLP endorsed it unanimously.
Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, who were in a tight race for the top post, will take oath on May 20 at 12.30 PM along with a group of ministers-designate.
The CLP had earlier met on May 14, a day after the announcement of the poll results, during which a one-line resolution was passed authorising AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge to decide on the new Chief Minister.
The three central observers who had come that day had also gathered opinions of the MLAs, which they shared with Kharge.
In the May 10 elections to the 224-member Assembly, the Congress scored an emphatic victory by bagging 135 seats, while the ruling BJP and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda-led Janata Dal (Secular) secured 66 and 19 seats respectively.
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Puttur Police file suo motu case against Bharath Kumdelu for hate speech at event
Puttur: A suo motu case was filed by Puttur Town Police against Bharath Kumdelu for disrupting social harmony by making hate speech in Kasba village of the taluk on Thursday evening.
Kumdelu had reportedly made his speech at a programme organized by Vishwa Hindu Parishat and Bajrang Dal Puttur unit at the Jain Bhavan in Kasba on Thursday as obituary to rowdy-sheeter Suhas Shetty who was murdered recently. His speech could incite communal violence and disturb peace, the police have clarified in the case.
Puttur Town Police have filed a suo motu case against Kumdelu under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 Sections 35/2025 Col-196, 353(2).
The officers are investigating the case.
