The political deadlock for Karnataka's Chief Minister post has been broken. Siddaramaiah will be the chief minister of Karnataka for the next 2.5 years and DK Shivakumar will be operating as his deputy. DK Shivakumar will be undertaking the CM post after 2.5 years. The Congress party has decided on a rotational formula for the post of Karnataka CM. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge worked late into the night on Wednesday to break the political deadlock over the next CM in Karnataka and reached a consensus for government formation.
18 May,2023 12:07 PM IST
A Punjab court on Monday summoned Congress party chief Mallikarjun Kharge in a ₹ 100 core defamation case over the party equating the banned Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) with Bajrang Dal in its Karnataka Assembly election manifesto. The complainant said the Congress in its manifesto compared Bajrang Dal with "anti-national organisations like SIMI and Al-Qaeda" during the recently-concluded state polls. Politicians from various parties reacted to the summon, calling it a strategy to silence the opposition, especially after the Congress’ victory in Karnataka.
16 May,2023 04:26 PM IST | Mumbai
The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has unanimously decided to leave the selection of the new Karnataka Chief Minister to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Congress’ National Spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala said, “Two resolutions were passed in the CLP meeting today. One resolution was presented by DK Shivakumar thanking Karnataka people and other Congress leaders for their support in the stellar performance in Karnataka Assembly elections. The other was presented by Siddaramaiah which asked the CLP to leave the selection of the new Karnataka Chief Minister to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge which was endorsed by everybody.”
15 May,2023 01:33 PM IST | Mumbai
After Congress emerged as a big winner in Karnataka assembly elections, the race for the state’s next chief minister has caught pace. Informing about the procedure for the election of Karnataka’s CM, Kharge revealed that three observers have been appointed in Karnataka ahead of the Congress legislative party meeting. These observers will be presenting a report in the meeting and the final decision will be taken by the party’s high command on who will be appointed as Karnataka’s chief minister.
14 May,2023 07:03 PM IST
As the Assembly polls in the South Indian state of Karnataka are inching closer day by day, The political slugfest has taken a darker turn as both the BJP and Congress are all out to carve out their victories. Recent, ‘Gaali’ trended started by Congress has begun a massive outrage in the Poll-bound duo. From ‘Venomous Snake’ to ‘Nalayak’, Cong’s father-son duo Mallikarjun and Priyank Kharge, with their ‘ill’ remark on PM Modi have triggered rage among BJP leaders.
02 May,2023 12:31 PM IST | Mumbai
PM Narendra Modi recently attended a public meeting in Kolar district of Karnataka ahead of the Karnataka Elections 2023. In the event, he said that Congress wants to contest elections by comparing me with ‘Snake’ as it has become their agenda for the elections. “Nowadays, I am fighting against corruption which is creating problems for Congress. Congress leaders are threatening me and saying ‘Modi Teri Kabra Khudegi’. Congress’ agenda for Karnataka Assembly polls is poison and snake. And they comparing me with ‘Saanp’ and asking people to vote.”
30 April,2023 06:53 PM IST
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and called him like 'a poisonous snake'. He later clarified and said the remark was not against the Prime Minister but the ideology of BJP as a party. Kharge was addressing a rally in Gadag district of Karnataka. BJP leaders have hit back at the Congress president and demanded an apology from him for saying such things about the Prime Minister.
28 April,2023 12:22 PM IST | Mumbai
Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge while talking to media said, ‘ulta chor kotal ko dante’. He also accused BJP of being corrupt. Meanwhile, congress had been holding protests in various parts of the country after Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as an MP.
29 March,2023 04:30 PM IST | MumbaiADVERTISEMENT