Siddaramaiah Set to Resign as Karnataka Chief Minister

Key facts

• Karnataka Chief Minister (CM) Siddaramaiah is expected to submit his resignation to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot following directions from the Indian National Congress (INC) leadership.
• Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar, an eight-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), is positioned to succeed Siddaramaiah as the next head of the state government.
• Siddaramaiah formally accepted the socio-educational survey report, commonly known as the caste census report, from the State Backward Classes Commission prior to his anticipated resignation.
• The leadership transition follows high-level meetings in Delhi involving INC President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, and All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretaries K.C. Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala.
• The current government was established after the INC defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the May 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections.