Veteran Congress leader Siddaramaiah was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka for the second time on Saturday in the presence of top Congress leaders and members of the opposition.
KPCC president DK Shivakumar also took oath as the deputy chief minister of the state at the Sree Kanteerava stadium in Bengaluru.
This comes after days of hectic parleys, post which the Congress named Siddaramaiah as the chief minister and Shivakumar his deputy. While Siddaramaiah, 75, is a backwards-class leader with over five decades of political experience and is considered one of the three remaining mass leaders of the state, KPCC president DK Shivakumar, who hails from the Vokkaliga community, is seen as the architect behind the victory in Karnataka.