Bengaluru, June 2 -- Ahead of the oath-taking ceremony, which will be attended by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leaders on Tuesday affirmed their support for Karnataka chief minister-designate DK Shivakumar.

The swearing-in ceremony of Shivakumar as Chief Minister is scheduled to take place at Lok Bhavan in Bengaluru on June 3 at 4 pm.

State Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar told ANI, "The leadership is changing as the High Command has taken a decision. Tomorrow, CM and some ministers are going to take the oath... In the morning, they will release a list, but I am very happy that those who are getting the ministry and I would like to congratulate them..."

Congress MLA Sharan Prakash Patil told re...