D K Shivakumar is the new leader of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP), following a resolution moved by Siddaramaiah. (Special Arrangement)

D K Shivakumar has been elected the new leader of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP), following a resolution moved by Siddaramaiah. AICC General Secretaries K C Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala arrived in Bengaluru Saturday to attend the CLP meeting in Vidhana Soudha’s conference hall to elect its new leader, who will succeed Siddaramaiah as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka.

The Congress Legislature Meet (CLP) was convened at 4pm today to discuss leadership and organisational issues.…