JOIN USAICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal on Thursday said the party high command will take an appropriate decision on whether to appoint a new KPCC president or not by this month-end.
“The party will take an appropriate decision before May 31. You (mediapersons) will hear about it in two to three days,” he told reporters who sought to know when the party will appoint the new state president.
Venugopal hinted that the party might allow the incumbent G Parameshwara to continue when he said that the current team is working well.
Asked who will lead the party in the next elections, he said it will be decided soon.
This apart, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is scheduled to meet the party high command in New Delhi on May 29 to
discuss whether to appoint a new KPCC president or allow Parameshwara to continue.
The chief minister had earlier recommended that Parameshwara, a Dalit, be replaced with a Lingayat leader.
Senior party leader S R Patil and Water Resources Minister M B Patil (both Lingayats)
are in the race for the top post.
Energy Minister D K Shivakumar, who is a Vokkaliga leader, is also aspiring to become the KPCC president. A section of Congress MLAs had recommended that the party make senior leader M Mallikarjun Kharge the state Congress chief.