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A time earlier taking oath arsenic the Chief Minister of Karnataka, D.K. Shivakumar connected Tuesday expressed his gratitude to the Gandhi household for helping signifier his governmental travel and thanked Congress leaders and MPs Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi for placing their religion successful him during his stint successful the Congress.
On X, Mr. Shivakumar said, “The Gandhi household has played a defining relation successful my governmental journey, not simply done enactment but done the religion they placed successful maine astatine antithetic stages of my life.”
Further, helium said, “As idiosyncratic who began arsenic a grassroots idiosyncratic and has been entrusted contiguous with the work of starring Karnataka, I stay profoundly grateful for their spot and encouragement. Under their enactment and with the blessings of the radical of Karnataka, I volition proceed to enactment with sincerity and committedness to physique a progressive, inclusive and prosperous Karnataka that reflects the values we collectively basal for.”
The KPCC president joined the Congress and contested the Assembly elections erstwhile Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister successful 1985. “I often bespeak connected Rajiv Gandhi avaru, who saw imaginable successful a young idiosyncratic adjacent earlier I could spot it successful myself. His encouragement gave him the assurance to imagination bigger and dedicate himself to nationalist service,” Mr. Shivakumar said.
Recalling Ms. Sonia Gandhi’s sojourn to Tihar Jail successful Delhi erstwhile Mr. Shivakumar was imprisoned successful the alleged wealth laundering case, helium wrote, “Sonia Gandhi avaru taught maine different important acquisition successful leadership. True leaders bash not basal by you lone during moments of success; they basal beside you during your astir hard times.”
In the tussle for the apical post, Ms. Sonia Gandhi seemingly supported Mr. Shivakumar.
The CM-designate besides thanked Mr. Gandhi and said, “Rahul Gandhi avaru has been a changeless root of guidance and inspiration. His willingness to listen, his condemnation successful antiauthoritarian values, and his imaginativeness for a much inclusive and compassionate India proceed to motivate leaders similar me.”
On the Wayanad MP, Mr. Shivakumar said, “Priyanka Gandhi avaru has ever been approachable, warm, and encouragin.”
Mr. Shivakumar volition instrumentality oath arsenic the Chief Minister on with immoderate members of the Council of Ministers astatine 4.05 p.m. connected June 3 astatine the Lok Bhavan.
