Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Wednesday arrived at Sonia Gandhi’s residence at 10 Janpath in the national capital to meet with party leader Rahul Gandhi, amid the ongoing suspense over the chief ministerial face after the party’s emphatic win in the recently concluded Assembly polls.
Veteran statesman Siddaramaiah had a meeting with party head Rahul Gandhi in Delhi earlier in the day. Mallikarjun Kharge, the leader of the Congress, has met with every state stakeholder. On Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi and Kharge met to talk about forming the government in the southern state.
In consultation with UPA Chair Sonia Gandhi and former party President Rahul Gandhi, Kharge will reportedly make the ultimate decision.Kharge met with both probable contenders DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah earlier on Tuesday in New Delhi.Kharge’s home was visited by Siddaramaiah, his son Yatindra, MLAs Zameer Ahmad, Bhyrati Suresh, and senior politician KJ George.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met party president Mallikarjun Kharge who is set to make his decision after going through the Congress central observers’ report, which was submitted on Monday.The results of assembly polls were declared on Saturday and the newly-elected Congress MLAs on Sunday authorised Kharge to take a decision. With the action shifting to Delhi, both Siddaramaiah, a former Chief Minister of Karnataka, and Shivakumar reached Delhi.The Congress won 135 seats in the recently held election to the 224-member Karnataka assembly.