Siddaramaiah to be next CM of Karnataka, Shivakumar to take oath as Dy CM; swearing-in on Saturday 

BENGALURU: After days of negotiations, the congress has named Siddaramaiah as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. D K Shivakumar will be the deputy Chief minister. The swearing-in ceremony will be held in Bengaluru on Saturday, May 20. News agency ANI tweeted that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge announced the decision after holding several discussions.

Siddaramaiah to be the next chief minister of Karnataka and DK Shivakumar to take oath as deputy chief minister. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge arrived at a consensus for Karnataka government formation. The oath ceremony will be held in Bengaluru on 20th May. pic.twitter.com/CJ4K7hWsKM

— ANI (@ANI) May 17, 2023

The congress legislative party meeting will be convened at 7 pm this evening. Shivakumar has directed all MLAs to attend the meeting. Discussions on ministers are also progressing. This is to quickly form the cabinet once the chief minister is decided. With Siddaramaiah taking the post of the chief minister, the list of other ministers is likely to be disclosed soon.

Shivakumar had been insisting on the top post in the first term itself in the discussions held at the residences of Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjuna Kharge yesterday. Shivakumar rejected Rahul's assurances during the discussion held at No 10 Janpath residence in Sonia Gandhi's absence. It is learned that Sonia Gandhi participated in this discussion online from Shimla and later contacted Shivakumar on phone. It is reported that it was after this that a decision was taken to make Siddaramaiah the chief minister and DK Shivakumar the deputy chief minister.