Bengaluru, June 3 -- Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister-designate D K Shivakumar in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, general secretary K C Venugopal and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala are also expected to attend the ceremony, along with Chief Ministers from several Congress-ruled states.

Shivakumar will take oath as Karnataka Chief Minister, succeeding Siddaramaiah. Senior Congress leaders, including G Parameshwara, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge and Yathindra Siddaramaiah, are expected to be sworn in as ministers.

Supporters have organised special prayers ahead of the ceremony, while ...