Karnataka Congress Legislature Party to meet tomorrow to elect new leader

Date of the swearing-in ceremony of the new Chief Minister will be decided after the CLP meeting, says Shivakumar

New Delhi: Karnataka Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting will be held in Bengaluru at 4 pm on Saturday (May 30).

Congress general secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal and the party’s Karnataka in-charge general secretary Randeep Surjewala will attend the CLP meeting as central observers, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said on Friday.

Shivakumar, who is in New Delhi, said he has directed all Congress MLAs and MLCs not to travel to the national capital and to remain in the State for the meeting scheduled for Saturday.

He added that the date for the swearing-in ceremony of the new Chief Minister would be decided after the CLP meeting.

The Deputy Chief Minister held discussions with outgoing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and also called on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during his visit to Delhi.