D K Shivakumar to take oath as Karnataka CM on May 31 or June 1

Bangalore, 30/5: A meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) is scheduled on Saturday to elect Chief Minister-designate D K Shivakumar as its leader even as intense lobbying is underway by lawmakers who want to join the new Cabinet.

All lawmakers have been asked to attend the CLP meeting at 4 pm in Vidhana Soudha’s conference hall, which will be overseen by Congress general secretaries K C Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala.