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A special court in Karnataka on Wednesday issued summons to Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, his deputy DK Shivakumar and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and chief minister Siddaramaiah. (AFP) The case was filed by BJP's state secretary S Keshavaprasad on May 9, over advertisements released by Congress before elections, ANI reported. During its Karnataka election campaign, the grand old party had released advertisement featuring The Congress had alleged that the ruling BJP government looted ₹1.50 lakh crore in the last four years. "The cost for the CM post is ₹2,500 crores while the cost of a ministerial berth is ₹500 crore," Congress had said in its 'Corruption rate card'. "40 per cent sarkara has looted over ₹1,50,000 crore from the people of Karnataka in the last 4 years," it added. The Election Commission had The Congress had fought the election over the issue of alleged corruption during the BJP rule in Karnataka. The party won 136 seats, ousting the saffron party from the lone southern state it had been ruling.

• • • • Karnataka CM race latest updates: D K Shivakumar or Siddaramaiah? Whom will Kharge favour? Karnataka CM race latest updates: D K Shivakumar or Siddaramaiah? Whom will Kharge favour? Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar and former CM Siddaramaiah are the front-runners for the CM position after the party's victory in the state Assembly elections. Ever since Congress won the Karnataka Assembly elections with a resounding mandate, all eyes have been on who will be the next Chief Minister of the state. Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar and former CM Siddaramaiah are the front-runners in the race, with their supporters lobbying intensely for their respective leaders. With the party’s top brass likely to arrive at a decision today, here is what you should know: The 135 newly-elected Congress MLAs met in Bengaluru on Sunday evening and passed a one-line resolution authorising Mallikarjun Kharge to choose the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP). The resolution came amidst sloganeering by supporters of Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah who had gathered outside the hotel where the MLAs were in a meeting to select the CLP leader, who will also become the next CM of Karnataka. Kharge will hold discussions with top party leaders, including Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. • 02 Congress observers to hand over report from Karnataka to party president Mallikarjun Kharge The three central observers deputed by Congress came back to Delhi after speaking individually to the newly el...

Summary Karnataka CM decision HIGHLIGHTS: A decision on the next Karnataka chief minister is likely today after key contender DK Shivakumar went to Delhi to hold discussions with Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. The other key contender for the top post, Siddaramaiah, is already in Delhi. Amid the impasse over the decision, top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi too arrived at Kharge's residence. A number of other newly-elected Congress MLAs are also in Delhi. Follow LIVE Updates here: Karnataka CM decision Live: Congress leaderGParameshwara says he won't lobby for CM post If the Congress high command gives me the responsibility of the CM post, I will definitely fulfil it. They know everything about me and my work. I don't want to lobby: Dr G Parameshwara, Congress leader and former Karnataka Deputy CM on government formation in Karnataka Karnataka CM live | Congress MLA says truth has won over lies Congress leader and former minister U TKhader, who was elected from theMangaluruconstituency for the fifth time, on Tuesday said the election this time was fought between truth and lies. People have voted against the misinformation campaign of theBJPand the Congress will form a government which will be without bias and hatred towards any section of society,Khadersaid, addressing reporters at the CongressBhavanhere. He said the Congress will work hard for the development ofKarnatakaand restore peace and harmony andfulfilall the guarantees promised to the people.The voters have shown ...

Karnataka CM swearing-in ceremony Live Updates: Siddaramaiah took oath as the Karnataka chief minister for the second time today with state Congress Chief DK Shivakumar as his deputy. The oath-taking ceremony was held at Kanteerava stadium in Bengaluru. The new CM Siddaramaiah was the first CM of Karnataka to serve a complete five-year term in the last 40 years. In fact, he is also the second chief minister to do so in the southern state's history, after Devaraj Urs. The Congress won a decisive mandate in the May 10 Karnataka Assembly election, winning 135 of the 224 seats, ousting the BJP from power. The BJP was a distant second with 66 seats and the JD(S), which had hoped to play the kingmaker, was down with just 19 seats. Follow indiatoday.in for live updates. The newly elected Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that the first Cabinet meeting has issued orders for the implementation of five guarantees which were promised by the party before the elections. The five 'main' guarantees are 200 units of free power to all households (Gruha Jyoti); Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family (Gruha Lakshmi); 10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household (Anna Bhagya); Rs 3,000 every month for unemployed graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for unemployed diploma holders (both in the age group of 18-25) for two years (Yuva Nidhi) and free travel for women in public transport buses (Uchita Prayana). Addressing a press briefing after the first...

BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday clarified that Congress national general secretary and state in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala had not "officiated" any meeting of the government and city civic body officials, dismissing the claims made by the opposition BJP and the JD(S). Siddaramaiah's reaction came as the BJP lodged a complaint with Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot against Surjewala allegedly "officiating" a meeting with the senior bureaucrats of the state government and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). "Surjewala did not officiate any meeting. He has only spoken to some MLAs. The deputy chief minister (D K Shivakumar) was present there. It was a meeting which the DCM had attended," Siddaramaiah told reporters. "You must understand that it is not an official meeting. The Bengaluru city MLAs were summoned for the Bengaluru civic body election where he (Surjewala) had also gone," the chief minister said. The meeting was regarding issues prevailing in Bengaluru city. Contextually, there were discussions about the (civic body) elections, Siddaramaiah said. The Deputy CM was going to inspect the Hebbal flyover in the city and Surjewala was also asked to attend it. Addressing media at Pavagada in Tumakuru, D K Shivakumar said he did not hold any meeting with the officials. “I had to go for city rounds (in Bengaluru on Monday). They (officials) had come to pick me up. Surjewala was there to have coffee. They (officials) wanted one round o...

Karnataka CM Oath Ceremony Live Updates: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi thanked the people of Karnataka for electing the party Karnataka CM Swearing In Ceremony Live Updates: Siddaramaiah was sworn in as chief minister for the second term, along with state Congress President D K Shivakumar as deputy chief minister, and eight legislators as ministers on Saturday, exactly a week after the party swept the Assembly polls in Karnataka. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office and secrecy to the chief minister and his Cabinet at Sree Kanteerava Stadium here, where Siddaramaiah had taken oath in 2013, when he became chief minister for the first time. Stay with TOI for live updates: Read Less As the Congress government in Karnataka was sworn-in, former party president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said the people of the state had given a "historic mandate" for a pro-poor regime and rejected the politics of divisiveness. Congress leader Siddaramaiah was sworn in as Karnataka chief minister in a grand ceremony in Bengaluru and the new dispensation held its first Cabinet meet that gave an in-principle approval to implement the party's poll promises. DMK president and Chief Minister M K Stalin who took part in the swearing-in ceremony of Congress leader Siddaramaiah as Karnataka Chief Minister on Saturday said the 'dawn' witnessed in south should spread to rest of the country. Stalin, on his Twitter handle said: "Hearty congratulations to Hon'ble @siddaramaiah a...

Days after hectic parleys in the national capital post Congress' big win in the southern state, Siddaramaiah. (HTfile) Here is all about the new Karnataka CM - Siddaramaiah: • Born on August 12, 1948, Siddaramaiah graduated from Mysore University with a B.Sc. degree and later studied law at the same institution and pursued it as a profession for some time. • He began his political career in 1983 after contesting the election on a Bharatiya Lok Dal ticket from the Chamundeshwari constituency and entering the 7th Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He won five times from this constituency and faced defeat thrice. • • In 1992, Siddaramaiah was appointed as the secretary general of Janata Dal. In 1994, he became the minister for finance in the Janata Dal government headed by Deve Gowda and later served as the deputy chief minister in 1996. However, he was sacked from the Cabinet in 1999. He later joined Janata Dal (Secular). • Siddaramaiah was again appointed as the deputy chief minister when the Congress and JD(S) formed a coalition government in 2004. In 2005, he was expelled from the JD(S) after differences with H. D. Deve Gowda. A year later, he joined the Congress party. • After Varuna became a constituency in 2008 following delimitation, Siddaramaiah represented it till he vacated the seat for his son in the 2018 polls and went back to his old constituency of Chamundeshwari. • Siddaramaiah led a successful five-year term as the CM of Karnataka between 2013-18. He also became...

In the May 10 elections to the 224-member Assembly, the Congress secured a simple majority with 135 seats, while the ruling BJP and the Janata Dal (Secular) secured 66 and 19, respectively. Both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar played a significant role in the Congress's emphatic win in the recently held Assembly election in Karnataka in which the party won 135 of the 224 assembly seats, and ousted the BJP from power.

Three-time MLA and former Minister Basavaraj Bommai took oath as the 30th Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 28. He was sworn in by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot in the presence of senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, including former chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and BJP Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh. He took oath in the name of God amid cheers from well-wishers and his supporters, who were also raising slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jai . Basavaraj Bommai: A man who treads middle path in a right-wing party Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broken his silence on the change of guard in Karnataka. Congratulating new Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, he tweeted: "He brings with him rich legislative and administrative experience. I am confident he will build on the exceptional work done by our government in the state. Best wishes for a fruitful tenure." He praised former chief minister Mr. Yediyurappa, who resigned on July 26. "No words will ever do justice to the monumental contribution of Shri B. S. Yediyurappa Ji towards our party and for Karnataka’s growth. For decades, he toiled hard, travelled across all parts of Karnataka and struck a chord with people. He is admired for his commitment to social welfare," the PM tweeted. Mr. Yediyurappa tweeted back saying: "Thanking him for the kind words." Basavaraj Bommai visits temple while Raj Bhavan prepares for swearing-in Union Home Minister Amit Shah also congratulated Mr. Bommai. "I am sur...

Summary Karnataka CM decision HIGHLIGHTS: A decision on the next Karnataka chief minister is likely today after key contender DK Shivakumar went to Delhi to hold discussions with Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. The other key contender for the top post, Siddaramaiah, is already in Delhi. Amid the impasse over the decision, top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi too arrived at Kharge's residence. A number of other newly-elected Congress MLAs are also in Delhi. Follow LIVE Updates here: Karnataka CM decision Live: Congress leaderGParameshwara says he won't lobby for CM post If the Congress high command gives me the responsibility of the CM post, I will definitely fulfil it. They know everything about me and my work. I don't want to lobby: Dr G Parameshwara, Congress leader and former Karnataka Deputy CM on government formation in Karnataka Karnataka CM live | Congress MLA says truth has won over lies Congress leader and former minister U TKhader, who was elected from theMangaluruconstituency for the fifth time, on Tuesday said the election this time was fought between truth and lies. People have voted against the misinformation campaign of theBJPand the Congress will form a government which will be without bias and hatred towards any section of society,Khadersaid, addressing reporters at the CongressBhavanhere. He said the Congress will work hard for the development ofKarnatakaand restore peace and harmony andfulfilall the guarantees promised to the people.The voters have shown ...