Bengaluru: After a week of intense drama, Congress leader Siddaramaiah finally took the oath as Karnataka’s new Chief Minister with DK Shivakumar as his deputy at a massive event in Bengaluru.
The event was attended by top opposition leaders as well as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, CPI’s D Raja, Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, PDP’s Mehbuba Mufti, Sharad Pawar from NCP, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, and actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan.
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The presence of these leaders was seen as a symbolic display of Opposition unity against the BJP.
While Siddaramaiah took oath as the Chief Minister, Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar took oath as the solo Deputy Chief Minister.
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Along with them, G Parameshwara (SC), KH Muniyappa (SC), KJ George (Minority-Christian), MB Patil (Lingayat), Satish Jarkiholi (ST-Valmiki), Priyank Kharge (SC, and AICC President M Mallikarjun Kharge’s son), Ramalinga Reddy (Reddy), and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan (Minority-Muslim), also took the oath of office.