JD(S) leader and former Chief Minster HD Kumaraswamy has been strident in his attack on alleged corruption to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore in the cash-for-transfers cases.
The new team of ministers will have a cabinet meeting after the oath taking ceremony, where they are expected to approve the rolling out of ‘five guarantees’ promised in the Congress manifesto.
While the Congress can form the government comfortably for the next five years, this victory itself cannot be construed as the defeat of communalism or of the BJP.
Amidst the Congress party's resounding triumph in the state, the question of who would assume the role of the next Chief Minister hung for several days.
While Congress is yet to announce whether the next Karnataka Chief Minister will be Siddaramaiah or DK Shivakumar, Dalits, Lingayats, and Muslims are vying for the Deputy CM post.