In a personalised video address, Sonia Gandhi said, "From my heart, I wish to thank all of you, the people of Karnataka for giving the Congress party such a historic mandate
Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar took oath as the new Karnataka Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, respectively, at the swearing-in ceremony of the new Congress government in the state
They said Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge along with other stakeholders held parleys past midnight to hammer out a solution between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar -- the two chief ministerial aspirants.
Surjewala said that Congress is committed to the welfare of every Kannadiga and will implement the five Congress guarantees in the first meeting of the cabinet
The political equations, issues and the circumstances in Karnataka and Telangana are extremely different and the Congress leaders assertion of repeating the success story in Telangana is being dismissed as mere empty talk