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Lifting the hijab ban imposed by the previous BJP govt was one of the important election promises made by the Congress during the Karnataka Assembly polls.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar will extent support to the leader and sign the nomination papers.
Though most of George's works are based out of Karnataka, he has strong connections to Kerala. George has his roots in Chingavanam in Kottayam in Kerala.
Shivakumar moved a resolution to elect Siddaramaiah as the new leader of the CLP.
At least nine chief ministers, including MK Stalin and Mamata Banerjee have been invited for Saturday's swearing-in at Bengaluru.
DKS was addressing media after Congress declared him as the only deputy chief minister-designate of Karnataka. Siddaramaiah will be sworn in as Karnataka CM on May 20
DK Shivakumar will continue as Pradesh Congress Committee chief till the parliamentary elections in 2024.
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
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.