Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal announced that Siddharamaiah will be Karnataka’s new chief minister and DK Shivakumar will be appointed as his deputy chief minister.

Report manpreet singh

Raipur chhattisgarh VISHESH New-Delhi: Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal on Thursday announced that Siddharamaiah will be Karnataka’s new chief minister and DK Shivakumar will be appointed as his deputy chief minister.

The oath-taking ceremony will take place on May 20 at 12.30 pm.

Addressing a press conference at AICC headquarters in Delhi, Venugopal said, “All Congress leaders, including top leadership, worked very hard to make Karnataka victory a reality. Ours is a democratic party, we believe in consensus, not dictatorship”

“We have decided on Siddaramiah as CM of Karnataka; D K Shivakumar will be Deputy CM. D K Shivakumar to continue as party’s Karnataka state president till Parliamentary elections,” he said.

He is the most popular mass leader and enjoys the support of the majority of MLAs in the Congress unit of Karnataka. Rahul Gandhi has stated that he personally likes and respects him.

Siddaramaiah is one of the few politicians of the country who takes on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, RSS. His poignant attacks on saffron forces has raised his stature in Congress and masses.

Seventy-five-year-old Siddaramaiah was born on August 12, 1948 at Siddarama Hundi, a remote village in Varuna Hobli of Mysuru district. He hails from a poor farming Kuruba (shephard) community. After doing BSc in Yuvaraja College, he pursued LLB at Mysore University and practiced law for some time.

During his student days, he was an eloquent speaker and was known for his oratory skills. He was influenced by socialism advocated by Dr Ram Manohar Lohia.