Karnataka Government Formation: The swearing-in ceremony will take place in Karnataka on Saturday. Earlier, Siddaramaiah, who is going to become CM and DK Shivkumar, who is going to become Deputy CM, have reached Delhi. Shivkumar told that I have come here to personally invite my leaders because they have sweated. However, both the leaders have also come to talk to the party high command in the name of ministers to be included in the cabinet.
Siddaramaiah was formally elected as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party in a meeting held on Thursday (May 19) after which he staked claim to the Governor to form the government. Before leaving for Delhi, Shivakumar said, “Siddaramaiah, Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala and I will go to Delhi; we will meet party president Mallikarjun Kharge and discuss cabinet formation.”
What’s the challenge?
Shivkumar said that you will come to know about the cabinet etc. later. We will not do anything without telling you (the media), no speculation is needed. We will work together. The first challenge before Siddaramaiah will be to form a cabinet with the right balance, representing all communities, religions, classes and legislators from the old and new generations.
The sanctioned strength of ministers in the Karnataka cabinet is 34 and many MLAs aspire for ministerial posts. Describing the voice of the people of Karnataka as the voice of the government, Shivakumar said, “All our national leaders are coming (for the swearing-in ceremony). We will implement all our guarantees in the first cabinet meeting. We will fulfill our promise.
Which opposition leaders were called?
Let us tell you that in the swearing-in ceremony of Congress, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, National Conference BJP leader Farooq Abdullah, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and some other opposition leaders have been called.
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