Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed former chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde and party leaders Jitendra Singh and Deepak Babaria as observers for the election of the CLP leader in Karnataka.
CK Ramamurthy of the BJP was declared the winner at midnight. The BJP says it’s a fair election, but the Congress says Sowmya Reddy was defeated by violating election rules.