Reflecting on the events, Kharge said his hard work over five years had gone unrecognised.
Both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar were in the national capital to meet the Congress high command earlier this week.
Shivakumar’s remark comes days after he publicly endorsed CM Siddaramaiah’s statement that he will finish his 5-year term.
Noting that the entire party, legislators and high command is with Siddaramiah, he also welcomed Lokayukta Police clean-chit to the Chief Minister and others in the MUDA site allotment case and said "truth is victorious".
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is facing allegations of illegalities in the allotment of 14 sites to his wife Parvathi B M by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
CM Siddaramaiah's family has been accused of illegally obtaining 14 sites at a prime locality in Mysuru as compensation from the Muda over the alleged illegal encroachment of 3.16 acres of land by the local development authority.
Taking to social networking platform X, Siddaramaiah expressed his disapproval of the BJP's slogan "sab ka saath-sab ka vikas," asserting that it is misleading.
He also said the people of Karnataka defeated BJPs "hatred and corruption" in the Assembly elections.
Congress Announces Siddaramaiah As The Next Karnataka Chief Minister. He takes oath while DK shivkumar will serve as Deputy CM. Watch the ceremony live.
Ending days of suspense, the Congress today announced Siddaramaiah as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka and D K Shivakumar as his only deputy in the soon-to-formed cabinet.
After four days of uncertainty, Congress is set to announce Siddaramaih as the chief minister of Karnataka and DK Shivakumar as the deputy chief minister of the state. The swearing-in ceremony will take place on May 20.
Results of the assembly polls were declared on May 13 and the 135 MLA-elects of the Congress on May 14 authorised party's national president Mallikarjun Kharge to take the final call on the appointment of the next CM. With the action shifting to Delhi, both the top aspirants - Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar have reached the national capital.
The Opposition party asserted that Karnataka will have a five-year-long stable government and urged people not to believe in speculation and "fake news" which it alleged was being peddled by the BJP.
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He specifically hit out at opposition Congress and its state president D K Shivakumar for ”politicising” the issue.
Bommai said: "Apple phones to be built in the state soon. Apart from creating about 100,000 jobs, it will create a whole lot of opportunities for Karnataka".
He said the BJP high command will finally decide on who has to be inducted into the cabinet.
As a galaxy of Congress leaders from across the country descended on Ballari to celebrate Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' reaching a milestone, covering 1,000 kms, Bommai said it is meaningless as the country is united and has full faith in federalism.
Bommai said he has mild symptoms and has isolated himself at home.
"I appeal to the people with folded hands for cooperation.... if people cooperate I'm confident that without lockdown we can control," he said, announcing that he has convened a meeting of experts and officials on Monday in the wake of the spurt in fresh cases in recent days.
The project that was planned when I was Deputy Chief Minister and Chief Minister in the past was shelved due to contractor issues and lack of interest by the governments that came later," Yediyurappa said.
As a political slugfest broke out, state chief minister H D Kumaraswamy dashed off a missive to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, insisting that Bengaluru would be the "best choice" for the biennial event.
Siddaramaiah, who has been fielded from Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru, said he was under pressure from Congress leaders from Bagalkote and Bijapur districts to contest from Badami.