Mallikarjun Kharge takes charge as Railway Minister

At a secret ballot held earlier today, Siddaramaiah polled 80 votes while Mallikarjuna Kharge polled 40. Secret balloting route was adopted by the Congress to select the new chief minister in Karnataka, and Siddaramaiah was always the front runner.

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Sons of senior Congress leaders M Mallikarjuna Kharge and N Dharam Singh were given tickets to contest the May five assembly elections in Karnataka in the second list of 40 candidates announced.

It now remains to be seen as to who will be the Chief Minister with Siddaramaiah and Mallikarjuna Kharge being the frontrunners.

Union Labour Minister and senior leader from Karnataka Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday indicated that he was ready to be considered for the Chief Minister's post following the electoral victory in the state. "I don't want the post because of my ...

Lok Sabha polls, Mallikarjuna M Kharge has been elevated to the railways ministry from the labour ministry, and Oscar Fernandes, a close Sonia confidante, gets charge of roads and highways. With M Veerappa Moily already in charge of petroleum and ...

Karnataka is riding high on expectations from two new ministers in the UPA-II government --railway minister Mallikarjuna Kharge and transport and highways minister Oscar Fernandes -- given the fact that rail and road connectivity is very poor in the state, ...

Dalits, particularly the Chalavadi community, a sub sect to which Kharge and Parameshwar belongs, came out in public to express their protest by burning effigies of party leaders. A backlash was expected in Karnataka, but the severity took everyone ...