The Congress Legislature Party (CLP), which met at a private hotel in Bengaluru on Sunday evening, passed a unanimous resolution authorising All India Congress Committee (AICC) President M Mallikarjun Kharge to pick its leader, who will be the next chief minister of Karnataka.

Karnataka election: Dilemma for Congress as Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar remain firm on CM post

The campaign for the assembly polls in India’s southern Karnataka state has become increasingly contentious after the opposition Congress party accused a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of plotting to assassinate its president Mallikarjun Kharge, his wife and his entire family.

Karnataka polls: Congress accuses BJP of plotting to kill Mallikarjun Kharge, saffron party denies charge

Siddu Nyama Gowda died while he was on his way to the hospital after the accident

Congress Karnataka MLA Siddu Nyama Gowda dies in road accident

The Supreme Court will today decide on an application by the Congress and the JD(S) challenging Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala's decision to appoint KG Bopaiah as the pro-tem Speaker

Ahead of Karnataka floor test, Supreme Court to decide on pro-tem speaker

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In the 224 member House, the Congress is likely to get 91 seats, and the BJP just two seats fewer

Karnataka elections: Survey indicates 'photo-finish' by Congress, BJP

Yogi Adityanath also took the opportunity to slam the Congress, saying after Rahul Gandhi became its president, this is the fifth defeat for his party

'Lotus will bloom in Karnataka, Kerala; Rahul's Congress on path of defeat'