G Parameshwara set to be Karnataka deputy CM as Congress finalises DKS cabinet

BENGALURU: Senior Congress person G Parameshwara is acceptable to beryllium appointed Deputy main curate successful the caller Karnataka authorities headed by main minister-designate D K Shivakumar, sources said connected Tuesday.The determination emerged aft a bid of high-level meetings successful New Delhi involving Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Shivakumar, caretaker main curate Siddaramaiah and different elder enactment leaders. The discussions focused connected furniture formation, cardinal organisational appointments and nominations for upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Parameshwara, a salient Dalit person and erstwhile Karnataka Home Minister, is understood to person secured the backing of the enactment enactment amid competing demands for aggregate Deputy Chief Minister posts. The Congress leadership's determination is expected to equilibrium caste and determination equations portion avoiding the instauration of aggregate powerfulness centres wrong the government. Shivakumar is believed to person opposed the thought of further lawman CMs, arguing it could make parallel powerfulness centres and make unnecessary governmental controversy.The swearing-in ceremonial of Shivakumar arsenic Karnataka's caller main curate is scheduled to instrumentality spot astatine Lok Bhavan successful Bengaluru connected June 3 astatine 4 pm.

Alongside him, astatine slightest 10-20 ministers are expected to instrumentality oath successful the archetypal phase, though the last database is yet to person support from the enactment precocious command.According to enactment sources, discussions connected furniture enactment person been prolonged owed to parallel deliberations implicit the adjacent Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, legislative assembly nominations and Rajya Sabha candidates. The Congress enactment is besides moving to accommodate loyalists of some Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah portion ensuring practice crossed communities and regions.Several elder leaders person been lobbying for furniture berths and Deputy CM positions. Supporters of K H Muniyappa, Priyank Kharge, Satish Jarkiholi, M B Patil, Eshwar Khandre, H C Mahadevappa and Siddaramaiah's lad Yathindra person organised rallies, demonstrations and nationalist campaigns demanding salient roles successful the caller government.The furniture enactment workout comes aft Siddaramaiah stepped down arsenic main curate past week, paving the mode for the enactment modulation agreed upon by the Congress precocious bid aft the authorities completed 3 years successful office.Speaking up of his swearing-in, Shivakumar said helium would enactment with dedication and strive to instrumentality each conception of nine along. He described his elevation arsenic the effect of years of hard enactment and reiterated his committedness to the Congress leadership.