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A Twitter account affiliated to the Congress party shared a screenshot of BJP leader and Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia’s Twitter account. In the shared tweet, they claimed that Scindia removed ‘BJP’ from his bio, recently.  However, the claims are said to be fake, as the fact check desk of PTI confirmed that Scindia never added ‘BJP’ in his Twitter bio since joining the party in 2020.

After forming the State Government in Karnataka, the Indian National Congress started its first K'taka Assembly Session. As of now, there is no finalisation of the Assembly Speaker, therefore RV Deshpande has been named as protem speaker of the Assembly. State Governor Thawarchand Gehlot administered the oath to Deshpande to hold the Assembly, which will be held til May 24. The Session started two-days after Siddaramaiah took oath as CM.

In a recent political development, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Nitish Kumar held a meeting. The scheduled meeting in Delhi was to chalk down the road map for the opposition unity for the 2024 elections, against the PM Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party. Furthermore, the Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee also approached the Congress and assured to extend support. The said meeting came after AAP's meeting with Nitish… read-more

After the announcement of the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah will decide on the Cabinet Expansion. Notably, the Indian National Congress-led Karnataka Government is set to form a government and the oath-taking ceremony will be held on May 20. Siddaramaiah will take oath as CM, DK Shivakumar will be the Deputy CM and will take the oath of office with cabinet ministers.

Congress leader DK Shivakumar announced to visit Delhi, as the deadline for the Karnataka CM announcement nears. Shivakumar said, " Congress party is our mother. I am going to Delhi alone." Initiallyi, Shivakumar cancelled his visit citing ill-health, and now said will be travelling to Delhi alone. One of the CM contender DK Shivakumar further said that whatever the decision of the Congress will be, he will abide.