Siddaramaiah Resigns as Karnataka Chief Minister on Congress Orders, Opening Way for Shivakumar
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 28
Siddaramaiah Resigns as Karnataka Chief Minister on Congress Orders, Opening Way for Shivakumar
13 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 28
Thursday's resignation ends Siddaramaiah's tenure atop Karnataka, one of the few Indian states ruled by the opposition Congress party.
Siddaramaiah said in a televised briefing that he had submitted his resignation at the governor's office after being instructed by the Indian National Congress.
D. K. Shivakumar — his deputy and long-time rival — is now likely to become chief minister, according to local media reports.
With a 'people's leader' out and a 'crisis engineer' in, how will Karnataka's governance and political priorities now shift?
Will this power-sharing pact stabilize Congress, or has it just postponed an inevitable internal conflict for power in Karnataka?