On May 14, 2023, the newly elected Congress legislators in Karnataka met to choose their leader. They “passed a one-line resolution, moved by Siddaramaiah and endorsed by Shivakumar and other leaders at the meeting, authorising Kharge to name the new CM,” The Tribune reported. Mallikarjun Kharge was the party’s national president.
Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar were the two contenders for the post.