Siddaramaiah resigns as Karnataka chief minister

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Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday resigned as the chief minister of Karnataka.

The announcement came after a breakfast meeting at his official residence in Bengaluru, which was attended by Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and several party leaders including HK Patil, Priyank Kharge, KJ George, MB Patil and Ramalinga Reddy.

Shivakumar is reportedly expected to become the next chief minister.

On Thursday, Siddaramaiah said that he was following the Congress leadership’s decision asking him to step down. “I am making way for a new chief minister,” he said.

He added that he had submitted his resignation letter to the governor’s office and that it would be accepted in due course.

Siddaramaiah also said that the Congress leadership had offered him a Rajya Sabha seat but he “politely told them no, saying I want to remain in state politics”.

“I am not interested in national politics,” he told reporters. “I have two more years as an MLA, I will serve my people. I will continue in active politics.”

Siddaramaiah is the longest-serving chief minister of Karnataka with a tenure of more than eight years across two terms. The 78-year-old served as the chief minister between 2013 and 2018. His current term began in May 2023.