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The Hindu BureauShankar Bennur
MYSURU:
Congress leaders and workers successful Mysuru erupted successful solemnisation connected Wednesday arsenic D.K. Shivakumar took oath arsenic the Chief Minister of Karnataka, ending years of anticipation among his supporters.
The enactment workers gathered astatine the Congress bureau in the city to ticker the swearing-in ceremonial unrecorded connected television. As Mr. Shivakumar took the oath of office, supporters raised slogans successful his favour and hailed his elevation from Deputy Chief Minister to the State’s apical station arsenic designation of his decades-long work and publication to the Congress.
The celebrations were marked by the organisation of sweets and exchanges of greetings among enactment workers, galore of whom expressed assurance that Mr. Shivakumar’s enactment would further fortify some the party organisation and the Congress government.
Party workers besides welcomed the inclusion of Yathindra Siddaramaiah, MLC and lad of erstwhile Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, successful the recently formed Shivakumar Cabinet.
The Cabinet berth assumes value arsenic a conception of Congress workers and supporters had earlier campaigned for Dr. Yathindra to beryllium appointed Deputy Chief Minister. AHINDA leaders had besides urged the enactment enactment to see him for the post. While the enactment opted not to make specified a relation for him, supporters successful Mysuru expressed restitution implicit his induction into the Cabinet.
Dr. Yathindra had antecedently represented the Varuna Assembly Constituency earlier stepping speech to alteration his father, Mr. Siddaramaiah, to contention from the seat.
