Congress Legislature Party Meet As It Leads In Over 100 Seats In Karnataka

As the trends show Congress passing the majority mark in Karnataka Assembly polls, the Legislature Party is set to meet on Sunday, ABP News reported citing sources.

The same sources have said that it is the 'Plan A' and Congress will form the next government as soon as possible. Also, the grand old party is prepared to shift all its MLAs under 'Plan B'.

The counting of votes for the recently-concluded polls in Karnataka started at 8 am on Saturday. Going by the early trends, Congress is leading in 110 seats while the ruling BJP is leading in over 75 seats.

The party is making special arrangements in remote areas to take its MLAs to Bengaluru and observers have also been appointed to do this exercise, ANI reported citing sources.

Meanwhile, the celebration in the Congress camp has already started.

On the other hand, people are eagerly looking forward to see who will become the Chief Minister of Karnataka if Congress returns to power with a full majority.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC Chief DK Shivakumar and former state chief Parameshwara are the prime contenders for the top post from the Congress.

On the other hand, Siddaramaiah's son Yathindra has said that his father should become the Chief Minister of Karnataka again.

"As a son, definitely I would like to see him as a chief minister. But as a resident of the state, his last regime had a very good governance, this time also, if he becomes the chief minister, whatever corruption and misrule during the BJP rule will be corrected by him. In the interest of the State also, he should become the CM," ANI quoted Yathindra as saying.