2 min learnBengaluruJun 4, 2026 05:08 AM IST
Ending suspense on who will succeed Karnataka CM D K Shivakumar as president of the state unit of the Congress, the AICC on Wednesday appointed senior chief and MLC B K Hariprasad for the publish.
Hariprasad, who is an OBC chief from the Billava neighborhood, has been related to the Congress because the late 80s. He is a four-time Rajya Sabha MP, ranging from 1990 and his final election to the Higher Home was in 2014.
Subsequently, he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Council in 2020. He was picked for a second time period within the Council from July 2026 by the Congress management earlier within the day. He is additionally a everlasting invitee to the CWC.
A pacesetter near the Gandhi household, Hariprasad courted controversy final October when he dubbed RSS as ‘Indian Taliban’. He, together with Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge, had constantly attacked RSS over the previous few months calling for the organisation’s registration and its supply of earnings to be revealed to the general public.
Hariprasad’s selection for the publish is additionally seen as a counter for Shivakumar, because of his cautious ‘gentle Hindutva’ stance as evidenced in the course of the swearing-in ceremony.
Shivakumar had saved a picture of his household deity on the swearing-in stage, which he bowed to seconds earlier than taking oath as CM.
Selecting the OBC chief of Billava neighborhood, who type a deciding think about a number of constituencies of coastal Karnataka, is additionally seen as a transfer to draw the caste group – voters of which have aligned largely with the BJP in latest many years.
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