K’taka swearing-in ceremony: 8 MLAs to take oath as ministers, strong government voted to power, says Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress on Thursday announced that party leader Siddaramaiah will be the next Karnataka Chief Minister and DK Shivakumar will be his sole Deputy Chief Minister. Shivakumar will also remain as the Congress’ Karnataka Pradesh chief till the Lok Sabha polls said at the party’s headquarters here. Crediting the party’s emphatic victory in Karnataka to the people of the State, Venugopal said that both Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar “deserve” to become the chief ministers.