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A fierce competition had emerged between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar for the chief minister’s post following the assembly election results earlier this year. | Latest News India

”Stop focusing on 10 heads, Start focusing on the 10000000s of lives lost,” Siddaramaiah said in a post on social media platform ’X’ along with a poster of the prime minister calling him a ”Vote Hunter”

Karnataka government formation Live Updates: Karnataka Congress in-charge Randeep Surjewala told reporters on Wednesday that a new cabinet will be formed in Karnataka in the next 48-72 hours.

D K Shivakumar today met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence in Delhi and discussed the modalities of government formation in Karnataka. 

Karnataka CM news: Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge will consult the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, party leader Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra before arriving at a final decision. 

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and state party chief DK Shivakumar are the front-runners to be the next CM of Karnataka.

While Siddaramaiah, the former Chief Minister, is said to have the support of a majority of the MLAs, the state Congress president is pushing his candidature hard.

While Siddaramaiah has emerged as the frontrunner, with majority of the newly elected MLAs learnt to have named him as their choice, Shivakumar played hardball, putting off his visit to Delhi where the action has shifted. Shivakumar’s brother and Lok Sabha MP, D K Suresh, met Kharge on his behalf instead.

The game in Karnataka is constantly evolving, with opinion polls throwing up all sorts of results.

Karnataka Election 2023: While the BJP has the support of one of the tallest Lingayata leaders - BS Yediyurappa, two prominent leaders - Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi have defected to Congress after the denial of tickets.