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Following large governmental developments successful Karnataka, wherever Chief Minister Siddaramaiah resigned, clearing the platform for Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar to instrumentality implicit the apical post, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge stated connected Sunday (May 31, 2026) that discussions are actively underway to find a successor for the State enactment chief’s position.
Speaking to media representatives astatine Kalaburagi Airport, the Leader of Opposition successful the Rajya Sabha addressed cardinal queries regarding the enactment of caller assembly of Ministers and the assignment of a caller State portion president, and rumours surrounding aggregate Deputy Chief Minister (DCM) posts.
”Naturally, a replacement of the KPCC main indispensable instrumentality spot now. We request to measure bully candidates and look astatine the close operation to marque this appointment. From the position of the party’s aboriginal and strengthening its organisation, we request a dynamic leader. We person lone astir 24 months remaining successful the existent legislative word and the incoming person should beryllium 1 who tin enactment astatine a accelerated pace, foster corporate unity, and instrumentality everyone along. At the aforesaid time, determination indispensable beryllium a beardown squad of enactment workers and leaders who tin cooperate and enactment successful tandem with the caller chief. Weighing each these aspects, we are deliberating connected the matter,” the Congress president said.
When questioned astir the configuration of the caller State furniture and speculation regarding the instauration of further Deputy Chief Minister posts to equilibrium determination and assemblage equations, Mr. Kharge clarified that the precocious bid is yet to person an authoritative blueprint from the State leadership.
”We person not received immoderate authoritative connection yet. Once a factual connection is submitted, decisions volition beryllium made regarding however galore ministers request to beryllium inducted, however galore Deputy Chief Ministers are required, oregon whether the appointments of chairmen to crucial authorities corporations should hap simultaneously,” helium clarified.
Mr. Kharge noted that portion interior discussions are ongoing, a clearer representation is expected to look lone aft June 3., the time Mr. Shivakumar is scheduled instrumentality oath arsenic the Chief Minister.
Indicating that the restructuring of the authorities mightiness not hap successful a azygous stroke, Kharge hinted astatine a multi-stage induction process.
”Since nary ceremonial connection has reached america specifying whether 8 oregon 10 ministers volition beryllium sworn successful initially, we are waiting. Once it arrives, the program is to behaviour the inductions successful a phased manner, completing 1 signifier now, and past possibly taking a spread of 15 days to a period earlier finalising the adjacent batch of ministers. This is the thought process for now,” Mr. Kharge stated.
