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First business of Karnataka’s new chief minister: 5 poll promises

May 20, 2023
Bharat Times

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and eight cabinet ministers also took oath today.

New Delhi:
Congress leader Mr. Siddaramaiah today took charge as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka after completing formalities at a massive event in Bengaluru where 15,000 supporters gathered. He gave in-principle approval to fulfill the “Five Guarantees”.

Here’s your 10-point guide to this big story:

  1. Mr Siddaramaiah’s new cabinet has “in principle” approved the implementation of the Congress’ five guarantees and early estimates indicate it will cost the exchequer Rs 50,000 crore annually. “A consensus has been reached on this. We will not back down (from promises),” the chief minister said.

  2. Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar, who was locked in a dramatic battle with Mr Siddaramaiah for the top post for a week following his party’s emphatic victory, was sworn in as the lone Deputy Chief Minister.

  3. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who attended the event along with his sister and the party’s national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, took the stage to reiterate that his party had fulfilled the five guarantees it had promised .

  4. After the victory of Congress, many things were written that how Congress won this election, different analyzes were done, but I want to say that Congress won because we stood with the poor, dalits and tribals, backward people. We had the truth, poor people. BJP had money, police and everything, but the people of Karnataka defeated all their might.

  5. Eight newly elected MLAs with diverse representation – G Parameshwara, KH Muniyappa, KJ George, MB Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge, Ramalinga Reddy and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan – were also sworn in this morning, approved by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. office held. The portfolio has not yet been distributed to him.

  6. Top opposition including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, CPI’s D Raja, Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti, NCP’s Sharad Pawar, J&K National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren Leaders Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury and actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan joined in a symbolic show of opposition unity against the BJP ahead of next year’s general elections.

  7. Chief Ministers of Congress ruled states Bhupesh Baghel (Chhattisgarh), Ashok Gehlot (Rajasthan) and Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu (Himachal Pradesh) were also present at the event.

  8. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, Telangana’s K Chandrasekhar Rao, and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav were absent from the mega event.

  9. Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office and secrecy to the elected representatives at the swearing-in ceremony at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. Mr. Siddaramaiah has become the chief minister for the second time after his earlier five-year term from 2013 to 2018. DK Shivakumar, 61, who previously served as a minister under Mr Siddaramaiah, will also continue as the Karnataka state president of the party. until the parliamentary elections next year.

  10. In the 10 May Karnataka Assembly elections, the Congress won 135 seats, an impressive increase of 55 seats from its previous tally of 80 in the 2018 elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a major setback with 66 seats, a loss of 38 seats from the previous count of 104. The Janata Dal (Secular), with just 19, lost almost 50% of its seats from its 2018 tally of 37 seats. ,