The Congress party had not announced its chief ministerial candidate for Karnataka, and all eyes are on the Congress legislative party meeting that Siddaramaiah said will take place today.
As Congress achieves a comfortable victory in Karnataka, the looming question of who would be the next chief minister persists. The tussle seems to be between바카라 웹사이트Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, however, some also predict party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to be given the position.
The Congress party has not announced its chief ministerial candidate, and all eyes are on the Congress legislative party meeting that Siddaramaiah said will take on Sunday바카라 웹사이트morning.바카라 웹사이트
Siddaramaiah had served as the Chief Minister of Karnataka for five years from 2013 to 2018, and party insiders바카라 웹사이트as well as poll surveys carried out by some media perceive him to be a suitable option for the next CM in line. According to reports.바카라 웹사이트Siddaramaiah while a addressing public meeting said this will be his last election.바카라 웹사이트After contesting these polls, he will retire from electoral politics, but not from politics.바카라 웹사이트
Siddaramaiah was first elected to the Karnataka assembly in 1983. He then바카라 웹사이트became Deputy Chief Minister바카라 웹사이트in 1994 but바카라 웹사이트as part of the바카라 웹사이트Janata Dal government. Ten years later, in 2004, he was part of the바카라 웹사이트Janata Dal (Secular) government, until he was expelled from the party after a tiff바카라 웹사이트with its leader HD Deve Gowda.바카라 웹사이트Two years later, in 2008, Siddaramaiah joined the Congress and became Chief Minister after the 2013 Karnataka elections.바카라 웹사이트
To many, Siddaramaiah could be바카라 웹사이트seen as an 'outsider'.바카라 웹사이트
However, DK Shivakumar has always been with the Congress. He, in fact, played a very important role in keeping afloat the바카라 웹사이트Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition government before it바카라 웹사이트collapsed in 2019 after 17 MLAs from the two parties turned to the BJP. He played the role of 'crisis manager' by moving the MLAs바카라 웹사이트to Eagleton Resort, 30 km outside Bengaluru on the Mysuru highway.바카라 웹사이트
He also brought back two MLAs바카라 웹사이트Anand Singh and Pratap Gowda Patil who went missing after the results were declared.바카라 웹사이트
Shivakumar was however also quoted as saying that he would바카라 웹사이트be happy to serve under veteran Mallikarjun Kharge, triggering speculations about him being given the CM post as well.
While both leaders have done their fair share for the party, they are not without controversies.바카라 웹사이트Siddaramaiah라이브 바카라 recent “corrupt Lingayat chief minister” remark triggered a row. He바카라 웹사이트reportedly said,바카라 웹사이트“There라이브 바카라 already a Lingayat chief minister (Basavaraj Bommai). He라이브 바카라 the root of all the corruption in the state,” in response to a question바카라 웹사이트on the BJP라이브 바카라 stance that a Lingayat should be the next chief minister.바카라 웹사이트
Bommai in response said, "I didn’t expect such a statement from Siddaramaiah about a Lingayat CM. He is a senior leader. He has given a statement that triggers the Lingayat community. It is wrong to call the Lingayat community itself corrupt. The people will teach them (Congress) a proper lesson.”
Lingayats are known to be a solid vote bank for the saffron party.
DK Shivakumar is still facing바카라 웹사이트charges of corruption and spent time in Tihar jail in 2019 on charges of money laundering and tax evasion바카라 웹사이트before being granted bail.바카라 웹사이트
Overwhelmed바카라 웹사이트with emotions, he 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.
바카라 웹사이트"I had told Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge that we will deliver Karnataka. I can't forget Sonia Gandhi coming to meet me when the 'BJP people' had put me in jail. 바카라 웹사이트This is the confidence the Gandhi family, Congress and the entire country has bestowed on me," he said.