Mysuru supporters pray for D.K. Shivakumar’s elevation as Karnataka Chief Minister

With Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stepping down amid a enactment modulation successful the State, supporters of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar offered peculiar prayers astatine the 101 Ganapathi Temple successful Agrahara connected Thursday, expressing anticipation that helium would go the adjacent Chief Minister.

The supporters, nether the auspices of the Mysuru territory committee of the Akhila Karnataka Vokkaligara Sangha, broke 101 coconuts astatine the temple and performed a peculiar puja, saying Mr. Shivakumar deserved the apical station for steering the Congress to a thumping triumph successful the 2023 Assembly elections and for serving the enactment arsenic a disciplined idiosyncratic for much than 4 decades.

They said they had prayed for Mr. Shivakumar to instrumentality the oath arsenic Chief Minister connected Friday itself. Holding posters of Mr. Shivakumar, the supporters raised slogans successful his favour.

They besides thanked Mr Siddaramaiah for “making way” for Mr Shivakumar, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, aft completing 3 years successful office, referring to the reported “power-sharing” statement wrong the party.

Tejaswi Gowda, a pro-Kannada activistic who participated successful the prayers, said Mr. Shivakumar possessed the administrative quality and governmental acumen to pb the State effectively.