Ramanagara, May 29 -- With indications growing stronger that senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar may soon take oath as the Karnataka Chief Minister, the Congress party has begun large-scale preparations in his home district, Ramanagara, for the swearing-in ceremony.

Party leaders are expecting around 40,000 to 50,000 people from the Ramanagara district to attend the event in Bengaluru. In this connection, Ramanagara MLA HA Iqbal Hussain convened an emergency preparatory meeting with Congress office-bearers and workers at the party office in Ramanagara city.

The meeting focused on transportation arrangements, crowd management, and coordination among party workers to ensure maximum participation from the district during the oath-taking ...