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Congress leaders to discuss power-sharing arrangement in Karnataka on Sunday

Press Trust of India, New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India
May 20, 2018 12:00 AM IST

According to sources, senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok Gehlot will arrive in Delhi tomorrow morning and hold discussions with Gandhi

The Congress will chalk out its strategy and power-sharing arrangement with the JD(S) in Karnataka on Sunday, when its top leaders will hold discussions with party chief Rahul Gandhi in the national capital, ahead of the swearing-in of H D Kumaraswamy as the chief minister of the southern state.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi arrives to address a press conference at party office, in New Delhi, on Saturday.(PTI Photo)
Congress President Rahul Gandhi arrives to address a press conference at party office, in New Delhi, on Saturday.(PTI Photo)

According to sources, senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok Gehlot will arrive in Delhi tomorrow morning and hold discussions with Gandhi, before finalising the power-sharing arrangement with the JD(S) in the Karnataka government.

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The two leaders were stationed in Bengaluru to steer the party’s strategy ahead of the floor test in the Karnataka Assembly today.

The BJP’s B S Yeddyurappa, however, resigned as the Karnataka chief minister without taking the floor test.

“Everything will be decided in Delhi tomorrow, when the top leaders of the party will hold discussions with Rahul Gandhi,” a Congress leader said.

The Congress has extended support to the JD(S) to form a government in the southern state under a power-sharing agreement. While Kumaraswamy will be the chief minister, the deputy chief minister is expected to be from the Congress and a Dalit is likely to be appointed to the post.

The Congress has 78 MLAs in the 224-member House and the JD(S) has 37. The H D Deve Gowda-led party had a pre-poll tie-up with the BSP, which has one MLA.

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