Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Thursday invited chief minister-designate Siddaramaiah and his to-be deputy DK Shivakumar to take oath together with group members at Kanteerava Stadium Bengaluru at 12.30pm on May 20.

Ending days of suspense, the Congress central management earlier on Thursday introduced that Siddaramaiah could be the chief minister, whereas state occasion chief Shivakumar could be his solely deputy.

Top updates on Karnataka authorities formation:

1. A gathering of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) formally elected Siddaramaiah as its chief and chief minister of Karnataka, following which he staked his declare with the governor, who invited him to kind the federal government.

2. The assembly of newly elected Congress MLAs, MLCs and MPs, which befell at Indira Gandhi Bhavan in Bengaluru, was additionally attended by AICC common secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala and two different central observers — former Maharashtra CM Sushil Kumar Shinde and AICC common secretary Jitendra Singh.

3. According to Surjewala, Shivakumar moved a decision to elect Siddaramaiah as the brand new chief of the CLP. All the members of the CLP endorsed it unanimously.

4. Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar got a rousing welcome when arrived in Bengaluru this night.

5. Several prime Congress leaders from occasion chief Mallikarjun Kharge to former occasion chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi had been concerned in hectic parleys with Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar which lastly helped to interrupt the logjam excessive put up in Karnataka.

6. Some experiences claimed that Sonia Gandhi, who was away in Shimla on a trip, acted as a peacemaker within the chief minister’s face disaster. The deal was clinched after Sonia Gandhi spoke to Shivakumar, who is taken into account a loyalist to the Gandhi household, on Wednesday night time to finish the deadlock. Sonia Gandhi additionally requested Shivakumar to talk to Kharge and Rahul to kind out the matter, PTI reported.

7. The ultimate determination was made on Wednesday night time at Kharge’s residence and was adopted up with a gathering at AICC common secretary, organisation, KC Venugopal’s residence over breakfast the subsequent day.

8. On Monday, the hectic parleys continued and went on until the wee hours of Thursday to interrupt the impasse as each Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar offered their circumstances earlier than the brass. The management subject in Karnataka lingered as Shivakumar had dug his heels in and asserted that he be made the chief minister because the occasion staged a surprising victory within the southern state below his presidency.

9. PTI, citing sources, stated Rahul Gandhi advised Shivakumar that the one with the help of a majority of MLAs would turn into the chief minister and others must abide, indicating that Siddaramaiah could be the chief minister and Shivakumar must relent.

10. To preserve his quantity 2 place within the Karnataka authorities, Shivakumar was made the one deputy chief minister.