Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Confirms His Resignation; Signals Exit to Make Way for Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar
Congress leaders are expected to use the meeting to finalize a new chief minister and KPCC president as Siddaramaiah weighs a resignation, sources said.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will host a breakfast meeting with state Cabinet members on Thursday morning at his official residence in Bengaluru at 9 a.m., amid indications he may step down as Chief Minister thereafter.
- These developments follow the Congress high command's crucial meeting with Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar in Delhi on May 26, where AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, K.C. Venugopal, and Randeep Singh Surjewala discussed the leadership issue.
- Shivakumar has held the deputy post for six years and is considered the favourite to replace Siddaramaiah, who has served as chief minister for a little over eight years; reports suggested a rotational chief minister formula under which Shivakumar would assume office after two-and-a-half years, though this has never been officially confirmed.
- All India Congress Committee general secretaries K.C. Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala are expected to participate in the meeting and oversee the transition, with a Congress Legislature Party meeting scheduled for either Friday or Saturday to formalise the change.
- Siddaramaiah's departure as the only OBC Chief Minister among Congress-ruled States marks a significant shift in party representation, reversing the 2023 outcome when both he and Shivakumar were contenders before the party chose him as Chief Minister.
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