Kharge refuses to speak on the question of KPCC chief post
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kharge refuses to speak on the question of KPCC chief post

The Hindu  

All India Congress Committee president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the appointment of pradesh Congress committee presidents for three States, including for Odisha, was over and the rest would be done in due course. When asked specifically about Karnataka, where the appointment of the new KPCC president, a post presently held by Deputy Chief Minister D.K. We will also complete the appointments of different office-bearers of the State units and different cells in five to six days,” Mr. Kharge said. When asked about Karnataka Home Minister and Dalit leader G. Parameshwara’s recent meeting with him, speculated to be held in this regard, Mr. Kharge said it was very common for a leader to meet the AICC president of his own State.

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No discussions on Karnataka Congress chief change till local body polls: Sources
2 weeks, 2 days ago

No discussions on Karnataka Congress chief change till local body polls: Sources

India Today  

There are no discussions about replacing the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president until local elections, including the Taluk Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat polls, are completed, sources close to Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar told India Today. This comes after Shivakumar said that after next month he will be "relieved of responsibilities," prompting speculation about him stepping down as KPCC …

Moily’s comment stirs up leadership issue again; D.K. Shivakumar says he will comply with Kharge’s directions
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Moily’s comment stirs up leadership issue again; D.K. Shivakumar says he will comply with Kharge’s directions

The Hindu  

Deputy Chief Minister D.K. He was replying to a question on veteran Congressman and former Chief Minister M. Veerappa Moily’s reported statement that no one could stop Mr. Shivakumar from becoming the Chief Minister. Mr. Moily, speaking in Karkala recently, reportedly said that it was a matter of time before Mr. Shivakumar became the Chief Minister, and ”nobody can stop …

Open to stepping down as KPCC chief, says Sudhakaran
2 months, 1 week ago

Open to stepping down as KPCC chief, says Sudhakaran

The Hindu  

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president K. Sudhakaran has reiterated his willingness to relinquish his post, saying that the position is not a personal adornment. On the functioning of Congress general secretary Deepa Das Munshi, Mr. Sudhakaran said she was meeting leaders individually not because there was no unity among them, but because she trusted them. “Deepa Das Munshi disagrees with …

DKS refuses to comment on KPCC chairmanship controversy
2 months, 2 weeks ago

DKS refuses to comment on KPCC chairmanship controversy

The Hindu  

Shivakumar, KPCC president and Deputy Chief Minister, has refused to comment on the controversy about the change in KPCC leadership. Reports of a rift between him and KPCC working president Satish Jarkiholi had emerged after a recent Congress Legislative Party meeting in Bengaluru. “AICC chairman Mallikarjun Kharge has told us not to comment publicly about the issues relating to change …

Kharge tells 'everyone' to focus, not worry about Karnataka Congress leadership
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kharge tells 'everyone' to focus, not worry about Karnataka Congress leadership

India Today  

All India Congress Committee President Mallikarjun Kharge has delivered a stern message to party leaders, urging them to refrain from making speculative statements amid political rumblings over leadership roles in Karnataka. There is no point in making such statements.” Kharge emphasised that decisions regarding leadership positions would be taken at the discretion of the party’s high command, including himself and …

Talk on leadership change in KPCC refuses to die down despite strictures
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Talk on leadership change in KPCC refuses to die down despite strictures

The Hindu  

The talk of a leadership change in the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee in public only intensified on Thursday, despite the recent intervention of central leaders to calm things down. ‘Natural demand’ A day after Public Works Minister Satish Jharkiholi ruffled feathers again by publicly speaking on the KPCC president’s post, Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Thursday echoed similar sentiments and …

Satish Jarkiholi favours full-time president for Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Satish Jarkiholi favours full-time president for Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee

The Hindu  

“There is a need for a full-time Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president to organise the party and strengthen it,” Minister Satish Jarkiholi said in Belagavi on Tuesday. To a query, he said, “We need a leader who can devote full time to the party, to strengthen the party at the grassroots level. Anyone who can get votes for the various …

Shivakumar likely to hold talks with AICC leaders on rejig of State unit
1 year, 4 months ago

Shivakumar likely to hold talks with AICC leaders on rejig of State unit

The Hindu  

Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar is expected to discuss the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee’s reshuffle with senior leaders, including All India Congress Committee chief M. Mallikarjun Kharge, in New Delhi on Wednesday. Before leaving for New Delhi on Tuesday, Mr. Shivakumar, who is also the KPCC chief, held a closed-door meeting with Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi at the latter’s …

Suspense continues over top post in Karnataka
1 year, 10 months ago

Suspense continues over top post in Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Suspense continued over the candidate for the post of Karnataka Chief Minister, amidst a series of meetings of the Congress top brass. Shivakumar and former CM Siddaramaiah are the front runners, insiders claim that after observers Sushil Kumar Shinde, Jitendra Singh and Deepak Babaria, majority of the MLAs preferred Siddaramaiah for the top post. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge …

Karnataka CM News: Kharge Expected to Announce Next CM on Wednesday in Bengaluru
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka CM News: Kharge Expected to Announce Next CM on Wednesday in Bengaluru

News 18  

Karnataka CM News Updates: Amid the suspense over the name of the new Karnataka Chief Minister, state Congress president DK Shivakumar and former CM Siddaramaiah met party national president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi. Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah are frontrunners for the top post after the Congress staged a stunning victory in the Karnataka assembly polls by winning 135 out of 224 …

Karnataka CM Race: Siddaramaiah Meets AICC Chief Kharge for 2nd Time Today
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka CM Race: Siddaramaiah Meets AICC Chief Kharge for 2nd Time Today

The Quint  

Different organisations stake claim on CM post, politicians cast aspersions: As the talks continue, Lingayat organisation Veerashaiva Mahasabha has asked for a Lingayat CM, while Dalit leaders have asked for the elevation of G Parameshwara, a prominent Dalit leader, as CM. Also, Panchamasali Lingayats have asked for their leader and Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni to be made Deputy Chief Minister. …

No decision yet on Karnataka CM after day of lobbying
1 year, 10 months ago

No decision yet on Karnataka CM after day of lobbying

The Hindu  

The Congress leadership’s deliberations to select a new Chief Minister for Karnataka remained inconclusive as rival claimants, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief D.K. pic.twitter.com/tYH9UF2OBi — ANI May 16, 2023 Party sources told The Hindu that some veterans in the party share the view that Mr. Siddaramaiah, who joined the party in 2006, shouldn’t get one more term, while not necessarily …

AICC observers reach Delhi, to give report to Kharge on Karnataka CLP meet
1 year, 10 months ago

AICC observers reach Delhi, to give report to Kharge on Karnataka CLP meet

Hindustan Times  

Three central observers appointed by the All India Congress Committee in Karnataka, arrived in Delhi on Monday to present their report to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on the question of appointing the chief minister of the State. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge addresses a public meeting ahead of Assembly polls, in Hubballi, Karnataka, The observers Sushil Kumar Shinde, Deepak Bawaria and …

Karnataka observers give feedback to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka observers give feedback to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge

The Hindu  

The suspense over who will be the next Chief Minister of Karnataka continued on May 15 even as the team of poll observers provided the feedback of the newly elected legislators to Congress resident Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi. Later in the evening, Mr. Suresh, the Congress MP from Bengaluru Rural, met party chief Mallikarjun Kharge at the latter’s residence and …

Mallikarjun Kharge to attend Jaibharat Satyagraha' meeting
1 year, 11 months ago

Mallikarjun Kharge to attend Jaibharat Satyagraha' meeting

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge will be attending ‘Jaibharat Satyagraha’ public meeting in Mancherial on April 14, which is also Dr B.R. CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka who started his walkathon from Boath, Adilabad district, as part of ‘Haath se Haath Jodo’ abhiyan on March 16 will be reaching the town on that date. Speaking to mediapersons at Gandhi Bhavan, …

Karnataka Ready to Welcome Kharge on Maiden Visit as AICC Chief
2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka Ready to Welcome Kharge on Maiden Visit as AICC Chief

News 18  

A rousing reception awaits newly-elected AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge on his maiden visit to his home town Kalaburagi after taking over the coveted post, on Saturday. The grand-old party is organising a convention under the name ‘Kalyana Kranthi’, in which people of seven districts and 41 Assembly constituencies would participate. Party’s state in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala, Opposition leader Siddaramaiah, Opposition …

Don't want to be KPCC chief either: Satish Jarkiholi
6 years, 9 months ago

Don't want to be KPCC chief either: Satish Jarkiholi

Deccan Chronicle  

Belagavi: Former Minister, Satish Jarkiholi, who recently quit as All India Congress Committee secretary in protest over being denied a Cabinet berth in the coalition government, asserted here on Saturday that he did not want to become KPCC president either but would back anyone who did. “I have decided not to accept the post of KPCC chief although the opportunity …

Congress convenes meet of MLAs on Friday
11 years, 10 months ago

Congress convenes meet of MLAs on Friday

The Hindu  

The formation of a new government in Karnataka — the 27th since Independence —is expected to be a long-drawn affair given the number of contenders for the Chief Minister’s post and the need to maintain unity of the party. With Karnataka having a bicameral legislature, the views of the party members in the Legislative Council may also be elicited before …

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