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  • New Karnataka CM most probably in an afternoon or two, cupboard inside of 48-72 hours: Congress

    In the meantime, supporters of each the leaders also are pitching for his or her respective leaders and the Congress is operating on a power-sharing system to house all sections.

    NEW DELHI: Worrying parleys have been hung on Wednesday to wreck the impasse in deciding at the Congress’ leader ministerial select in Karnataka with each the hopefuls Siddaramaiah and D Okay Shivakumar presenting their instances ahead of the highest brass even because the birthday celebration asserted an consequence is most probably inside of an afternoon or two.

    After a couple of rounds of discussions, AICC common secretary in-charge for Karnataka Randeep Surjewala stated a call at the new cupboard shall be in position within the subsequent 48-72 hours.

    He additionally claimed that Karnataka may have a five-year-long solid executive of the Congress and suggested other people to not imagine in hypothesis and “pretend information”, which he alleged was once being peddled by way of the BJP.

    Later in a tweet, Surjewala stated all Congress leaders had been urged to not factor statements at the management topic. “Any out-of-turn remarks constructed from right here onwards shall be handled as indiscipline and motion taken accordingly.”

    Siddaramaiah and state Congress leader Shivakumar have held a number of parleys with senior Congress management and introduced their respective instances ahead of them.

    Siddaramaiah is regarded as the front-runner whilst Shivakumar has dug his heels for the highest publish claiming that the meeting elections have been received below his presidency and that he has labored arduous for making sure this victory.

    A piece of the highest Congress management feels Siddaramaiah’s reputation amongst a number of sections together with the deficient, OBCs and minorities can get votes for the birthday celebration within the Lok Sabha elections.

    Addressing the media outdoor Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s 10 Rajaji Marg place of abode, Surjewala stated the birthday celebration leader has been accepted to nominate the chief of the legislature birthday celebration and this is the reason deliberations are underway.

    “It (the verdict to call the CM) is an issue of nowadays and day after today and we will be able to have a pace-setter of the legislature birthday celebration. Throughout the subsequent 48 to 72 hours, we will be able to have a brand new cupboard in Karnataka and within the first cupboard assembly, we will be able to put in force the 5 Congress promises and start the paintings of creating grand Karnataka,” Surjewala stated.

    Saying that the Congress is dedicated to the state’s peace, development and solidarity, he stated, “The Congress president believes in 3 ideas — consensus, unanimity and team spirit. Mallikarjun Kharge, who has been accepted by way of the legislature birthday celebration, will announce (the title of the chief) after protecting due deliberations.”

    Urging the media to not lodge to hypothesis, he stated each time a call is taken by way of the Congress president, we will be able to feel free to let you know.

    “I’m handiest right here to quash a couple of rumours and rumour…which are being performed on a couple of information channels. Please do not imagine in it,” Surjewala stated.

    “Prevent taking note of rumours being planted by way of the BJP which is pissed off by way of the decisive defeat in Karnataka. The Congress is dedicated to the welfare of every Kannadiga, the Congress is dedicated to pleasant its 5 promises, the Congress is dedicated to imposing its time table. The Congress is dedicated to giving a blank, clear and accountable executive,” he stated.

    After a number of conferences on Monday and Tuesday, the day began with each Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar assembly Rahul Gandhi one at a time at his 10, Janpath place of abode within the morning.

    The conferences got here an afternoon after the 2 held separate conferences with Kharge at his place of abode and mentioned problems in regards to the executive formation.

    Shivakumar met Rahul Gandhi after Siddaramaiah and the 2 leaders spent over half-hour every with the previous birthday celebration leader. He’s additionally learnt to have talked at the telephone to former birthday celebration leader Sonia Gandhi, who’s learnt to have informed her to satisfy Kharge, the assets stated.

    The Karnataka PCC leader then met Kharge once more and spent a excellent part an hour with him for the second one day in a row. Surjewala was once additionally provide at Kharge’s place of abode on the time.

    Probably the most central observers for the Karnataka Congress Legislature Celebration (CLP) assembly Sushilkumar Shinde additionally met the Congress president one at a time at his place of abode.

    Some Congress legislators additionally met the Congress president whilst presenting their case for a ministerial berth within the new cupboard in Karnataka.

    The newly-elected Congress MLAs in Karnataka had all the way through the CLP assembly on Sunday accepted Kharge to nominate the brand new CLP chief.

    Whilst the supporters of each leaders are pitching for his or her respective leaders, the Congress is operating on a power-sharing system to house all sections.

    The Congress has held a chain of conferences on who would be the leader minister of the state after the birthday celebration staged a shocking victory within the meeting elections, profitable 135 of out 224 seats.

    The Congress has additionally hit out on the BJP for criticising it over the lengthen in deciding the executive minister of Karnataka, and cited examples when the BJP declared its leader ministers in Uttar Pradesh and Assam a number of days after profitable the polls.

    In the meantime, supporters of each the leaders also are pitching for his or her respective leaders and the Congress is operating on a power-sharing system to house all sections.

    Even if efforts have been on to select the brand new leader minister, there have been celebrations within the local village of Siddaramaiah and outdoor his Bengaluru place of abode on Wednesday amid experiences in a bit of the media that claimed that his title has been finalised for the publish.

    Previous, Siddaramaiah’s supporters who had accumulated close to the legitimate place of abode of the outgoing Chief of Opposition within the Meeting in Bengaluru, have been jubilant, as some media retailers claimed that his title were finalised and handiest an legitimate announcement was once awaited.

    Conserving footage in their chief they shouted slogans praising Siddaramaiah, and poured milk at the life-size lower out of the previous CM that has been submit in entrance of his place of abode right here.

    An identical scenes have been witnessed in his house district of Mysuru, and the local village of Siddaramanahundi.

    His fans and well-wishers spark off crackers, danced, dispensed chocolates and celebrated by way of pouring milk on his large cutouts erected at the roadside.

    In the meantime, arrangements have been underway on the Sree Kanteerava Stadium within the center of Bengaluru, for the swearing-in rite of the brand new (yet-to-be-finalised) Leader Minister-designate, with officers examining the venue.

  • Karnataka polls: Congress strikes EC over PM Modi’s ‘fashion code violation’

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    NEW DELHI: At the eve of the Karnataka Meeting elections, the Congress approached the Election Fee and sought rapid motion in opposition to Top Minister Narendra Modi and a number of other leaders of the BJP for allegedly violating the Style Code of Behavior and the provisions of the Illustration of Other folks Act, 1951.

    In a letter to the ECI, Congress normal secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala alleged that PM Modi flouted the MCC via addressing the general public thru a video message, during which he appealed to the citizens of Karnataka on behalf of BJP and all its applicants contesting within the Karnataka elections.

    Surjewala mentioned the video was once posted from PM’s Twitter take care of at 10 pm on Monday after the silent duration got here into impact from Monday at 6.00 pm.

    The chief additionally sought motion in opposition to Union House Minister Amit Shah, BJP nationwide president JP Nadda, and different leaders for his or her are living interviews after the declaration of the silence duration. In those interviews, the mentioned leaders spoke broadly in regards to the Karnataka polls and their respective applicants, mentioned the petition.

    Within the letter, the Congress additional mentioned that it is going to be a litmus check for the ECI to workout its constitutional responsibility beneath Article 324 of the Charter of India and hang the ones in energy responsible.

    “The opposite is apparent. There might be no degree taking part in box and as a substitute, there might be ‘unfastened for all’, with the ones in energy by no means being held responsible both to the ECI or to the rule of thumb of regulation. An unwritten however authorised norm could be that the ECI’s mandate extends best to Opposition events and to not the PM and his colleagues,” mentioned the letter.

    “Something is terribly transparent. PM Modi, Amit Shah, JP Nadda, and different BJP leaders believe themselves above the regulation and the Charter and presume that the ECI is both intimidated via the prime workplaces they hang or that the ECI is just too susceptible to behave in opposition to them or holds them in charge of blatant and repeated violations of the Style Code of Behavior, the written directions of the ECI in addition to quite a lot of different electoral rules,” it charged, searching for rapid intervention of the ballot frame “into the brazen, planned and calculated violation of the MCC in addition to the provisions of the Illustration of Other folks Act, 1951.”

    Urging the ECI to offer protection to the bedrock of democracy, the Congress alleged that the BJP has made each and every try to polarise, divide, divert, and lie to the citizens to hold to energy at any value.

    NEW DELHI: At the eve of the Karnataka Meeting elections, the Congress approached the Election Fee and sought rapid motion in opposition to Top Minister Narendra Modi and a number of other leaders of the BJP for allegedly violating the Style Code of Behavior and the provisions of the Illustration of Other folks Act, 1951.

    In a letter to the ECI, Congress normal secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala alleged that PM Modi flouted the MCC via addressing the general public thru a video message, during which he appealed to the citizens of Karnataka on behalf of BJP and all its applicants contesting within the Karnataka elections.

    Surjewala mentioned the video was once posted from PM’s Twitter take care of at 10 pm on Monday after the silent duration got here into impact from Monday at 6.00 pm.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The chief additionally sought motion in opposition to Union House Minister Amit Shah, BJP nationwide president JP Nadda, and different leaders for his or her are living interviews after the declaration of the silence duration. In those interviews, the mentioned leaders spoke broadly in regards to the Karnataka polls and their respective applicants, mentioned the petition.

    Within the letter, the Congress additional mentioned that it is going to be a litmus check for the ECI to workout its constitutional responsibility beneath Article 324 of the Charter of India and hang the ones in energy responsible.

    “The opposite is apparent. There might be no degree taking part in box and as a substitute, there might be ‘unfastened for all’, with the ones in energy by no means being held responsible both to the ECI or to the rule of thumb of regulation. An unwritten however authorised norm could be that the ECI’s mandate extends best to Opposition events and to not the PM and his colleagues,” mentioned the letter.

    “Something is terribly transparent. PM Modi, Amit Shah, JP Nadda, and different BJP leaders believe themselves above the regulation and the Charter and presume that the ECI is both intimidated via the prime workplaces they hang or that the ECI is just too susceptible to behave in opposition to them or holds them in charge of blatant and repeated violations of the Style Code of Behavior, the written directions of the ECI in addition to quite a lot of different electoral rules,” it charged, searching for rapid intervention of the ballot frame “into the brazen, planned and calculated violation of the MCC in addition to the provisions of the Illustration of Other folks Act, 1951.”

    Urging the ECI to offer protection to the bedrock of democracy, the Congress alleged that the BJP has made each and every try to polarise, divide, divert, and lie to the citizens to hold to energy at any value.