Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Siddaramaiah appointed Karnataka CM

Siddaramaiah appointed Karnataka CM
 Sat, May 11, 2013 current affair

Siddaramaiah appointed Karnataka CM, to take oath on Monday, newsandviewsonline.com
Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj late on Friday appointed Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah as the state's chief minister. The 64-year-old leader is expected to be sworn in on Monday. "The governor is pleased to appoint Siddaramaiah as the Chief Minister of Karnataka," the Raj Bhavan office said in a communique. After meeting Bhardwaj, Siddaramaiah said the governor had invited him to take oath of office soon. "I will take oath as chief minister most likely on Monday (May 13)," a beaming Siddaramaiah told reporters outside Raj Bhavan. The appointment came within three hours after Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Parameshwara told the governor that Siddaramaiah was unanimously elected as the CLP leader and requested him to invite the latter to form the government.

On a day of hectic political activity and high drama, Siddaramaiah was named chief minister by the high command after majority of the party's 121 newly-elected legislators preferred him over another aspirant and union Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, who is a Lok Sabha member from Gulbarga.With a comfortable majority of 121 seats in the 225-member assembly, including one nominated member, the Congress returned to power on its own after a gap of nine years.

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