Bengaluru: The Congress party on Tuesday has decided that the HD Kumaraswamy Cabinet will have two deputy chief minister. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief G Parameshwara is likely to be the deputy CM of the JDS- Congress government. Parameshwara has been the KPCC president for eight years now after been appointed as KPCC president on 27 October 2010.
Parameshwara will be the first Dalit deputy chief minister if appointed to that post. However, JDS is believed to be not in favour of this proposal.
Earlier on Monday, Parameshwara said that difficult times were ahead, but there was a need to stop the BJP from coming to power in the southern state. He had said he understood the sentiments of many who were averse to a tie-up between the Congress and JD(S).
However, the need to keep communal forces away from power made the Congress lend support to JD(S), Parameshwara had said.
“I do understand the sentiments of many people that we should not have gone with the JD(S). But there was a need to stop the BJP from coming to power again in Karnataka. Keeping this in mind, our seniors took a decision to support the JD(S). We all must accept their decision,” he added.
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