The Congress Legislature Gather together (CLP), which met at a private resort in Bengaluru on Sunday evening, passed a unanimous resolution authorising All India Congress Committee (AICC) President M Mallikarjun Kharge to decide on its chief, who might presumably well perchance be the next chief minister of Karnataka.
The CLP meeting used to be attended by AICC Standard Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal and three central observers.
Sooner than the meeting, Venugopal and the central observers held a gathering with Leader of Opposition within the outgoing Assembly Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D K Shivakumar – the 2 entrance-runners for the chief minister’s post.
“The Congress Legislature Gather together unanimously resolves that the AICC President is hereby permitted to appoint the sleek Leader of the Congress Legislature Gather together,” in step with a one-line resolution passed at the CLP meeting. Siddaramaiah moved the resolution.
With the ball now in Kharge’s court docket, lobbying for the high post is situation to shift to Delhi with each and every the contenders anticipated to are available within the nationwide capital on Monday to fulfill Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and the AICC chief.
After the CLP meeting, Randeep Surjewala, AICC in-value for Karnataka, acknowledged: “The MLAs will meet the central observers after dinner tonight and their choice will be conveyed to the celebration president for taking a call to appoint a sleek CLP chief.”
Venugopal acknowledged, “This course of of taking the plan of all MLAs will be achieved tonight itself.” Sources acknowledged the observers will be handing over their file upon consulting all MLAs to Kharge by Monday.
On the course of adopted by Congress to elect the CLP chief, Congress overall secretary in-value communications Jairam Ramesh acknowledged this used to be “internal-celebration democracy at its ideal”.
“Right here’s the Congress manner of arriving at a consensus giving confidence to all that they’ve been heard,” he acknowledged.
“The sleek Congress Govt in Karnataka that might steal over rapidly will be a STAR-Aloof, Clear, Responsible & Responsive,” Ramesh acknowledged on Twitter.
After the outcomes had been declared on Saturday, Congress president Kharge deputed used Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, AICC overall secretary Jitendra Singh and used AICC overall secretary Deepak Babaria as observers for the election of the CLP chief in Karnataka.
The legislature celebration passed one other resolution, moved by Shivakumar, promising to put into effect the five promises made to the other folks of Karnataka.
The resolution acknowledged the Congress Legislature Gather together in Karnataka “wholeheartedly expresses its gratitude in opposition to the 6.5 crore Kannadigas for reposing their religion in us and giving a decisive mandate to the Congress Gather together within the Karnataka Assembly Elections.”
“Right here’s certainly a victory of every and every Kannadiga, a victory of ‘swabhimana’ of Karnataka and a victory of progress and harmony to rebuild ‘Value Karnataka’,” it acknowledged.
“…Karnataka has yet again shone a sleek light to democracy and holding the Structure, which might presumably well well be beneath assault from the forces of detest and divisiveness, each and every from inner and inaugurate air the Remark,” the resolution acknowledged.
The Congress Legislature Gather together also expressed its appreciation and ensuing from of Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and tell leaders for their efforts.
The resolution acknowledged: “It’s no twist of fate that the Congress campaign in its staunch earnestness started manner encourage in September-October 2022 all over the Bharat Jodo Yatra, when Rahul Gandhi walked nearly 600 kilometres for a duration of 21 days thru the dimensions and breadth of Karnataka, which immensely energised the cadre to steal on the malgovernance, corruption and maladministration of the ruling BJP authorities.”
“The Congress Legislature Gather together resolves to work determinedly and unitedly to give a responsible, responsible, transparent authorities to our brothers and sisters of Karnataka. Serving the 6.5 crore Kannadigas will be our sole motto and guiding light,” the resolution be taught.
The CLP expressed its heartfelt appreciation to Kharge for the wide and tireless campaign undertaken by him all all over the elections as also for his “sagacious advice” on electoral strategy.
It also thanked used Congress president Sonia Gandhi for being a pillar of strength to the celebration and for her guidance and campaign within the elections.
The CLP acknowledged it might well well be definite social justice and economic equality live at the core of its authorities’s insurance policies and will fulfil the five “guarantees”.
These are 200 devices of free energy to all households (Gruha Jyoti), $24 (Rs 2,000) month-to-month aid to lady heads of every and every family (Gruha Lakshmi), 10 kg of rice free to every member of BPL households (Anna Bhagya), $37 (Rs 3,000) every month for unemployed graduate youths and $18 (Rs 1,500) for unemployed diploma holders (each and every within the age community of 18-25) for 2 years (Yuva Nidhi), and free plug for girls in public transport buses (Shakti).
“We are responsibility sure to give protection to and withhold Kannada tradition, language and our rich traditions. We are able to reclaim Karnataka as Sarva Janangada Shantiya Thota yet again and will obtain Karnataka really the amount one tell in India by manner of peace, progress and prosperity,” the resolution be taught.
The CLP appreciated the insurmountable onerous work, resilience and dedication of Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah as also your entire team for leading the campaign from the entrance.
Every the eight-time MLA Shivakumar and used chief minister Siddaramaiah hold made no secret of their ambition to became Chief Minister and had been all for a recreation of political one-upmanship within the previous.
The Congress had entered the campaign share with the reveal of maintaining at bay the factionalism, namely between the camps of Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, who had been overtly rooting for their leaders, however the celebration place up a united entrance and ensured that no rift came out in inaugurate that might presumably well perchance derail its prospects, beneath the mentorship of Kharge.
Banners hold reach up in entrance of Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar’s residences here, erected by supporters, congratulating them for Congress’ obtain and projecting them because the “next CM”.
While the 60-year-feeble Shivakumar is plan-about to be a “troubleshooter” for the Congress, Siddaramaiah has a pan-Karnataka attraction.
If Siddaramaiah, who joined Congress after being expelled from JD(S), will get elected because the CLP chief, this might presumably well perchance be his 2d stint because the Chief Minister from the celebration after having occupied the high post for five years between 2013-18. Shivakumar had served as Minister in Siddaramaiah’s cupboard.
Shivakumar has been overtly expressing his chief ministerial aspirations at varied occasions, namely these connected with Vokkaligas. He had asked the dominant community, to which he belongs, no longer to “lose out an opportunity” with him because the KPCC president, while declaring that S M Krishna used to be the final Vokkaliga chief to lead the celebration within the polls and then went on to became the CM in 1999.
Genuinely in this election, the Congress has tremendously improved its electoral performance within the Vokkaliga-dominated Old Mysuru place aside (south Karnataka) and that credit ranking largely goes to Shivakumar.
Also, there had been conditions within the celebration that whoever has efficiently led as KPCC President in election, had been the natural different to be the CM, savor within the case of Krishna and Veerendra Patil.
Siddaramaiah, who has seniority on his side, is identified for able administrative abilities, and has the ride of getting bustle a a success tenure because the Chief Minister. He also enjoys the excellence of getting offered 13 budgets for the tell as Finance Minister.
Being a mass chief, he has significant clout among the many AHINDA (Kannada acronym for minorities, backward classes and Dalits) class. The mega seventy fifth birthday bash of Siddaramaiah held final year in Davanagere used to be largely seen as an attempt by him and his loyalists to project him because the lengthy bustle CM.
Seventy-five-year-feeble Siddaramaiah, who has already announced that this used to be his final election, has been asserting that the chief minister will be elected by the newly elected MLAs in session with the celebration’s high direct.
There are also diverse contenders for the post savor used deputy chief minister and ex-KPCC president G Parameshwara and inclined chief and seven-time MP K H Muniyappa – each and every dalits and MB Patil – a Lingayat.
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