DK Shivakumar Appointed Karnataka Congress President

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After months of delay, the All India Congress Committee finally on Wednesday announced that former Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar will head the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. After intense lobbying for several months, the high command’s announcement comes at a time when the party is on a shaky wicket as it faced a huge setback in Madhya Pradesh. With Jyotiraditya Scindia joining the BJP, it has become imperative for the Congress to ensure other leaders like DK Shivakumar do not leave.

Meanwhile, Siddaramaiah will continue to serve as the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly and leader of the Congress Legislature Party. Legislators Eshwar Khandre, Satish Jarkiholi and Saleem Ahammed have been appointed as KPCC Working Presidents. All three members of the party are close associates of Siddaramaiah.

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The party has also appointed MLC Narayanaswamy, a close associate of DK Shivakumar as the Chief Whip in the Karnataka Legislative Council. Congress MLA from Jewargi Ajay Singh, son of former Chief Minister Dharam Singh has been appointed the Chief Whip in the Assembly.

The fight for the KPCC President was between Shivakumar and his most formidable detractor — Siddaramaiah. In 2018, Dinesh Gundu Rao, a Siddaramaiah loyalist, had been named the party’s president. This time around too, Siddaramaiah wanted one of his supporters to become the president. However, party sources told TNM that the high command could not ignore the demands of ‘loyalists’ like DK Shivakumar. It is in order to pacify all factions within the splintered Karnataka Congress, Satish Jarkiholi, Eshwar Khandre and Saleem Ahamed were made Working Presidents.

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