1. The choice was introduced after days of inner wrangling, with each contenders pushing for the highest job. Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala dodged a query whether or not the five-year time period shall be break up amongst them, saying, “Power-sharing means sharing power with the people of Karnataka, nothing else.”

2. Both leaders expressed their dedication to work collectively. “Karnataka’s secure future and our people’s welfare is our top priority, and we are united in guaranteeing that,” tweeted Mr Shivakumar. Siddaramaiah mentioned, “Our hands will always be united to protect the interests of Kannadigas. The Congress party will work as a family.”

3. Sources near Mr Shivakumar mentioned that he had accepted the Number 2 place, and maintaining his job because the occasion’s state unit chief, following an intervention by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The sources mentioned the veteran chief had agreed to make the “sacrifice in the interest of the party”.

4. DK Suresh, Congress MP and Mr Shivakumar’s brother, advised NDTV that they’re “not happy”. “My brother wanted to be Chief Minister. We are not happy with this decision,” he mentioned.

5. Siddaramaiah and Mr Shivakumar met Congress basic secretary KC Venugopal this morning. This was the primary assembly between the 2 leaders because the tussle for the highest publish started. The two leaders then went to fulfill Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge.

6. Earlier, Mr Kharge and Rahul Gandhi had made two gives to Mr Shivakumar at a gathering in Delhi on Wednesday. But the meet remained inconclusive, with the highest publish contender turning down each choices, sources mentioned. Another assembly was held later within the night.

7. Apart from the Deputy Chief Minister’s publish that he took, sources mentioned Mr Shivakumar had additionally been provided a second choice below which Siddaramaiah was to get the highest publish for 2 years, and would have been adopted by Mr Shivakumar for 3 years. But sources mentioned neither Mr Shivakumar nor Siddaramaiah was able to go second.

8. There is not any readability on whether or not there was a last choice on the rotational Chief Ministership but. The power-sharing association, it’s learnt, now hinges on the Congress’s efficiency in Karnataka within the basic election subsequent yr.

9. Rather a lot was driving on the choice due to subsequent yr’s basic election. While Mr Shivakumar has a following among the many state’s politically essential Vokkaligas, Siddaramaiah has the assist of the AHINDA platform — an outdated social mixture of minorities, Other Backward Classes, and Dalits, which had voted en masse for the Congress.

10. Despite vying for the job, Mr Shivakumar had dominated out a rebel early on. “If the party wants, they can give me the responsibility… Ours is a united house. I don’t want to divide anyone here. Whether they like me or not, I am a responsible man. I will not backstab, and I will not blackmail,” he had mentioned.

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