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Siddaramaiah, a former Karnataka chief minister, and Shivakumar, the state Congress president, are in a head-to-head leadership contest for the coveted Karnataka chief minister post. aaa
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.
After three days of regular meetings, the Congress finally ended the suspense and decided to announce party veteran leader Siddaramaiah as the next Karnataka Chief Minister and its state unit chief D.K. Shivakumar as his deputy.According to .