After a long tussle, he finally took oath as the Chief Minister of the South Indian state of Karnataka Siddaramaiah. State Congress President DK Sivakumar took oath as Deputy Chief Minister at the same time.
saturday KarnaThe swearing-in ceremony was held at the Kantivera Stadium in the capital city of Bangalore. Governor Twarchand Gehlot administered the oath to them. Along with the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, eight more Congress MLAs took oath as Cabinet Ministers in the new cabinet. They are – Dr. G Parameshwar, KJ George, KH Muniappa, Satish Jarkiholi, Ramalinga Reddy, Priyank Kharge, MB Patil, Jamir Ahmed.
With this, the 75-year-old became the Chief Minister of Karnataka for the second time Siddaramaiah. Earlier, he became the Chief Minister for the first time in 2013 Siddaramaiah.
Along with top Congress leaders, like-minded national and regional leaders of the BJP were also invited to attend the swearing-in ceremony on Saturday. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi were present at the swearing-in ceremony. Yadav, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and ‘People Democratic Party’ (PDP) chief Mehebuba Mufti, ‘Nationalist Congress Party’ (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah, actor Kamal Haasan and others.
However, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not participate in the swearing-in ceremony as previously announced. But he saved the invitation by sending an envoy. Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Kakali Ghosh Dastidar attended the swearing-in ceremony instead of Mamata.
Congress defeated BJP by getting 135 out of 224 seats in the assembly elections on May 10. They also emerged as the single majority party. BJP came second with 66 seats and JD-S came third with 19 seats.
Even after a record victory in the Karnataka assembly elections, the cold fight between Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah over the Chief Minister’s chair has worried the Congress. Complications started over who would be the chief minister. On one side is former chief minister Siddaramaiah, on the other is state Congress president DK Sivakumar. Shivakumar kept putting pressure on the party high command to sit on the post of chief minister. As a result, the swearing-in day had to be postponed.
Shivakumar claimed that in 2019 KarnaHis contribution has been behind putting the Congress on a new solid footing for the past 5 years since the Toke Congress government was ousted and the massive victory of the Congress in the recent assembly elections. On the other hand, most of the MLAs of the party had the support of five decades of experience in the country’s politics Siddaramaiahin favor of He also announced that he is contesting the election for the last time Siddaramaiah.
Finally, with the mediation of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharg, Shivakumar agreed to take oath as Deputy Chief Minister for the sake of the party.
