Newly elected Congress MLAs in Karnataka on Sunday authorised party president Mallikarjun Kharge to pick the next chief minister, with the leadership battle heating up between Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar - the frontrunners for the coveted post. AICC General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal said the central observers will take the opinion of MLAs which will be
The Congress Legislature Party, which met at a private hotel in Bengaluru on Sunday evening, passed a unanimous resolution authorising the party chief to pick its leader.
BJP muted in response, as both parties discuss post-poll scenarios, plans to corral their MLAs, and eye Independents or leaders of small parties who could win