DK Shivakumar was chosen as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka on Saturday at the Congress Legislature (CLP) meeting in Bengaluru.
Senior Congress leaders, including Shivakumar, met at Vidhana Soudha for the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting, where he was appointed as the leader of the Karnataka Legislature Party.
The swearing-in ceremony is likely to take place on June 3, HT has learnt.
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His elevation comes two days after Siddaramaiah stepped down as chief minister, having completed just over half his term since assuming office after the Congress party’s victory in the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections.
Ever since the Congress party formed the government in Karnataka in 2023, there has been constant speculation about a power-sharing arrangement between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar.
The arrangement, which was reportedly backed by the party’s central leadership, was said to include transfer of power after two-and-a-half years, paving the way for Shivakumar to take over the top job.
At the Congress legislature party meeting, which was overseen by AICC general secretaries KC Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala, outgoing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah suggested Shivakumar’s name as the new leader of the legislative party.
Before the meeting, Shivakumar met Venugopal and Surjewala at a hotel in Bengaluru.
