DK Shivakumar

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has offered ₹50 crore each to 50 Congress MLAs to secure defections as part of “Operation Lotus”, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar said on Thursday, a day after Siddaramaiah accused the Opposition of…
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Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar on Thursday held a series of meetings in the Capital over the Karnataka cabinet expansion, people aware of the matter said, adding that more MLAs were likely to be included…
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The Karnataka logjam over the CM race between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar ended on Thursday with DK Shivakumar agreeing to the formula that Siddaramaiah will be the chief minister with DK Shivakumar as his only deputy chief minister.…
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After long deliberations, Karnataka Congress Chief, DK Shivakumar, has reluctantly accepted to take up the Deputy Chief Minister’s role following former party president Sonia Gandhi’s intervention, sources claimed. Party sources say the…
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DK Shivakumar, Karnataka Congress president, has been offered the deputy chief minister post along with six portfolios. However, there has been no decision on the offer yet, sources familiar with the development said. Reports indicated…
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Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, two main contenders for Karnataka’s next chief minister, are expected to be in New Delhi on Monday, a day after the state Congress passed a unanimous resolution authorising the party’s national president…
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They began their political journeys in starkly different ways. Siddaramaiah rose through the ranks of local politics before entering the assembly in 1983. He then made his way into the Janata Party, the Janata Dal, its splinter Janata Dal…
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There will be no post-poll alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular), Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar told reporters Wednesday morning amid voting for the 2023 Assembly election. Ruling out a post-poll deal – the Cong, JDS teamed up to…
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DK Shivakumar, the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), submitted his candidature on Monday for the Kanakpura constituency as the state prepares for the assembly elections on May 10 and the vote-counting on May 13.…
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