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After a decisive win in assembly polls, Cong arrived at decision after 4 days of intense parleys; party high command made pacifying moves between Siddaramaiah, DKS and factions supporting them
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The next 48 hours will be crucial. The Congress leadership is convinced it will have a stable government in Karnataka for five years.
The main race for top post is between Siddaramaiah, who served as Chief Minister from 2013 to 2018, and Congress state unit President D K Shivakumar.
The Congress used examples from when the BJP named its chief ministers in Uttar Pradesh and Assam several days after winning the election.
According to party sources, Shivakumar, who met Kharge for around 45 minutes, stressed that he took over the job as Congress chief in Karnataka when no one was ready to accept it, and he he delivered as per the expectation of the party leadership in the state.
AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge met with both Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar. According to party sources, the announcement is likely to be made in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Kharge has held discussions with party leaders from Karnataka and the 3 observers appointed by him to oversee the Congress Legislature Party meeting in Bengaluru on Sunday.
Shivakumar, who was supposed to meet Sonia Gandhi on Monday, had cancelled his meeting citing ill health.
While Siddaramaiah continues his stay in Delhi, the other front-runner to the CM post, DK Shivakumar, will reach the Capital today.