By Sagay Raj: As suspense over the next Karnataka chief minister grows, a rift has emerged between senior Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar over sharing of power.
The Congress secured an emphatic victory in the just-concluded Karnataka assembly election, winning 135 of the 224 seats. The BJP was a distant second with 66 seats. The JD(S) finished with 19 seats.
Siddaramaiah said he wanted to be the chief minister for two years while DK Shivakumar can helm for the remaining three years. However, DK Shivakumar has rejected the proposal put forth by Siddaramaiah.
Siddaramaiah said since he is again, he wants to get the first half of the Congress government up and running at least till next next year's Lok Sabha elections. However, DK Shivakumar rejected the power-sharing formula and cited the cases in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
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The party high command is facing a dilemma on how to accomodate Siddaramaiah if DK Shivakumar is chosen as the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, sources said.
According to sources, there is a strong case for DK Shivakumar as the party is aware of his efforts in the last three years. If DK Shivakumar is denied the chief ministerial post, it might send a wrong message to the party workers as a narrative has been created that he is a shining example for party loyalists.
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The CLP, which met at a private hotel in Bengaluru on Sunday evening, passed a unanimous resolution authorising All India Congress Committee (AICC) President M Mallikarjun Kharge to pick its leader, who will be the next chief minister of Karnataka.
"We have passed a resolution. The Congress high command will take a decision (on who the chief minister will be). They will take a call. Whatever job I will be given, I will accept," Shivakumar told reporters.
Observers have asked the 135 MLAs to write the name on who they prefer as the next chief minister of Karnataka. The MLAs have written names of both Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, while some have suggested G Parameshwara. Others have written that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge should be the next chief minister.
The observers will take ballot box to the party high command and the names will be revealed in front of Kharge. The names which have been repeated the most will become the chief minister of Karnataka.
According to sources, the new chief minister and his 30 cabinet ministers are likely to take oath on May 18.
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