Bengaluru, May 31 -- Karnataka Chief Minister-designate DK Shivakumar on Sunday said that he has invited Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi to lay the foundation stone of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Bhavan after his swearing-in ceremony.

Shivakumar inspected the site in Bengaluru, where the KPCC Bhavan is slated to be constructed.

He told reporters, "On the eve of 100 years of Gandhi ji becoming the President, we decided to have 100 offices throughout the state. The time did not permit us to perform the Bhoomi Puja. So, on the day after the swearing-in ceremony, I am requesting Rahul ji and Mallikarjun Kharge ji to come here and lay the foundation. I will send the invitations."

Further, he ...