DK Shivakumar to take oath as chief minister on June 3, says Congress Karnataka chief

NEW DELHI: Karnataka Congress president and lawman main curate DK Shivakumar is acceptable to instrumentality oath arsenic the state's adjacent main curate connected June 3, said Karnataka Congress moving president G C Chandrashekhar.Addressing a property league successful Bengaluru connected Saturday, Chandrashekhar said the swearing-in ceremonial would beryllium held astatine the Glass House successful Lok Bhavan. “A determination has present been taken that the swearing-in ceremonial volition beryllium held connected June 3,” Chandrashekhar said, adding that the nonstop clip of the oath-taking ceremonial would beryllium announced later.He besides indicated that Shivakumar would embark connected a statewide circuit aft assuming office. “DK Shivakumar volition instrumentality oath arsenic CM connected June 3 aft which helium sojourn each territory office to question nationalist blessing,” Chandrashekhar said.“The swearing-in ceremonial should not beryllium extravagant. It should beryllium conducted arsenic simply arsenic imaginable and should bespeak a tone of enactment and work alternatively than show oregon pomp. The enactment has taken a determination and issued directions that the lawsuit should beryllium conducted successful a elemental manner,” helium said.Astrologer Aaradhya, who advises DK Shivakumar, said helium had recommended that Shivakumar instrumentality the oath of bureau arsenic main curate connected June 3 astatine 5.15 p.m. astatine Lok Bhavan.

The announcement comes amid aggravated governmental enactment wrong the ruling Congress aft Siddaramaiah stepped down connected May 28. Although Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot accepted his resignation and dissolved the Council of Ministers, Siddaramaiah has been asked to proceed arsenic Chief Minister until alternate arrangements are made.Ahead of a important Congress Legislature Party gathering connected Saturday, Shivakumar arrived astatine Lok Bhavan and reiterated that the party's observers would consult the precocious bid earlier a last determination is formalised. “A CLP gathering volition beryllium held successful Bengaluru astatine 4 PM. Our 2 observers volition arrive. We volition behaviour the CLP gathering successful their presence, and subsequently, they volition instrumentality a telephone aft consulting with the High Command,” helium said connected Friday.