Siddaramaiah resigns as Chief Minister

Bengaluru, May 28: Political leader and Congress leader Siddaramaiah, who ruled Karnataka for a long time as the Chief Minister, officially resigned from the post of Chief Minister today. With this, it has been confirmed that D.K. Shivakumar will take over as the Chief Minister for another two years in the Congress government, which has completed 3 years in the current term. According to sources, he is likely to take oath on Monday. Today, the Chief Minister along with Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and his cabinet colleagues went to Lok Bhavan at 2.30 pm and submitted his resignation letter to the Governor's Secretary Prabhushankar. However, he accepted the letter without expressing his opinion that the Governor himself has to accept it. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed confidence that he would accept it after his arrival at night, as Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot had gone to Indore.

Service in the state

After resigning, Siddaramaiah addressed a press conference at Vidhana Soudha. He announced that he resigned on the instructions of the party high command. Although the high command had said that he would make him a Rajya Sabha member, he was not interested in national politics. He made it clear that he had two more years of party tenure and would work for the voters of his constituency. He said that he believes in the principles of Buddha, Basava, Gandhiji and Dr. Ambedkar, which represent equality, and that he will continue to fight to implement the same principles among the people. He announced that he opposes communalism and will continue to fight against it. Siddaramaiah reminisced about the ups and downs of his political life for about 50 years, having entered politics in 1978.

He recalled that he had joined the Congress in 2006 under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi, while he was in the JDS. He said that he is satisfied with the work he has done as the Chief Minister since 2013. He said that after the conference, he will go to Delhi and thank Sonia, Rahul and Kharge for giving him the opportunity so far. Shivakumar was present nearby at the conference, and when journalists asked who the next Chief Minister would be, he looked at DK but did not mention his name. However, he left the press conference saying that the person decided by the high command and the legislature party would be the next Chief Minister. Earlier, all the ministers except two attended the breakfast meeting called by the CM at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's official residence 'Kaveri' on Thursday. Before this meeting, DK Shivakumar,gave a strong hint that the power transfer process will be carried out smoothly without any confusion. Also, the two leaders hugged each other and showed their friendship.

Meanwhile, Siddaramaiah's fans gathered in front of Kaveri's residence and demanded that he should not resign for any reason. D.K. Shivakumar's fans also came and requested that D.K. be given a chance. After the luncheon held at 'Kaveri', Minister Santosh Lad broke down in tears after Siddaramaiah announced that he would resign from his post soon.

Meanwhile, protests were held in many parts of the state against the high command's decision by the Ahinda Alliance. In Raichur, a protest was held by the Kuruba community alliance and slogans of defiance were heard against Rahul Gandhi. Also, when they tried to set fire to Rahul's portrait, the police foiled it.

Surprisingly, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar remained silent without speaking on any occasion. However, it was special that he and the Chief Minister sat close together and held a meeting with natural smiles.

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