{"id":13344,"date":"2023-05-18T14:18:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T08:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viewsonnewsonline.com\/?p=13344"},"modified":"2023-05-18T14:18:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T08:48:18","slug":"meet-with-sonia-resolves-cm-issue-siddaramaiah-to-lead-dk-shivakumar-is-deputy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viewsonnewsonline.com\/meet-with-sonia-resolves-cm-issue-siddaramaiah-to-lead-dk-shivakumar-is-deputy\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet with Sonia resolves CM issue;\u00a0\u00a0Siddaramaiah to lead,\u00a0DK Shivakumar\u00a0 is Deputy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Ending days of speculation and negotiations, the Congress on Thursday declared Siddaramaiah as the next chief minister of Karnataka<\/strong>, and KPCC president DK Shivakumar as his deputy. The oath-taking ceremony will take place on May 20. The Congress will also elect its new CLP leader<\/strong> today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier on Wednesday, Siddaramiah and Shivakumar, both contenders for the top job, held separate meetings with party leader Rahul Gandhi. Shivakumar had a lunch meeting with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. State Congress in-charge Randeep Surjewala told reporters that a new cabinet will be formed in Karnataka in the next 48-72 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A backward class leader with over five decades of political experience,\u00a0Siddaramaiah, 75,<\/strong>\u00a0is considered one of the three remaining mass leaders of Karnataka alongside former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, 91, of the JD(S) and ex-CM B S Yediyurappa, 80, of the\u00a0BJP. Meanwhile,\u00a0DK Shivakumar<\/strong>, who is the president of KPCC, and an eight-time MLA from Kanakapura constituency, is seen to be the architect behind the party\u2019s victory in Karnataka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ending days of speculation and negotiations, the Congress on Thursday declared Siddaramaiah as the next chief minister of Karnataka, and KPCC president DK Shivakumar as his deputy. The oath-taking ceremony will take place on May 20. The Congress will also elect its new CLP leader today. Earlier on Wednesday, Siddaramiah and Shivakumar, both contenders for the top job, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2005,4732],"tags":[1264,5716,5715,5710,5717],"yoast_head":"\n