India, May 30 -- DK Shivakumar was chosen as Karnataka's next chief minister on Saturday at the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting in Bengaluru.

Top Congress leaders, including Shivakumar, met at the Vidhana Soudha for the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting, where he was named as the leader of the Karnataka legislature party.

The swearing-in ceremony is likely to take place on June 3, HT has learnt.

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His elevation comes two days after Siddaramaiah stepped down as chief minister, having completed a little over half of his tenure since taking office following the Congress party's victory in the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections.

Since the Congress formed the government in Karnataka in 2023, there...