Bengaluru: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar during celebrations after the party's win in Karnataka Assembly elections, in Bengaluru, Saturday, May 13, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)
The Congress legislative party (CLP) authorised the AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge to choose the next chief minister on Sunday night.
“The Congress Legislature Party unanimously resolves that AICC President is hereby authorised to appoint the new Leader of the Congress Legislature Party”, the one-line resolution read.
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar and former chief minister Siddaramaiah, the top two candidates for the chief ministership, are present in the meeting along with Congress obserhttps://twitter.com/ANI/status/1657779957538656258vers Sushil Kumar Shinde, Jitendra Singh, and Deepak Babaria that was held at the Shangri-La hotel in Bengaluru.
The AICC observers had a separate discussion with both Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah inside the hotel prior to the CLP meeting. The contest for the top post has heated up, with both candidates wielding significant power inside the party.
Outside the hotel where the conference is being placed, followers of both Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah yelled chants in favour of their leaders. Earlier in the day, a poster war erupted between supporters, with each urging their leader to be named the chief minister.
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