DK Shivakumar to take charge as KPCCC president after MLC election

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Bengaluru, June 14, 2020: Karnatak Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief DK Shivakumar on Sunday performed Ganapathi homa at the new (KPCC) office.

Shivakumar, who was appointed KPCC president on March 11, is likely to assume office after the Legislative Council election on July 29, a party source said.

Shivakumar plans to take charge of the party through a “pratijna dina” (pledge day) ceremony that would be telecast live to 7,800 locations across the state and over 10 lakh party workers are expected attend it virtually.

During a visit to Global Academy of Technology  – which he owns – on Saturday, Shivakumar did a technology trial-run by organising a video conference with a limited number of people and interacting with party workers.

Shivakumar had planned to bring some 150 seniors together for the event at the party’s headquarters, which was to be live-streamed across 7,800 locations. This was first scheduled on May 31, then to June 7 and then to June 14. After Yediyurappa signalled his go-ahead, Shivakumar said that he would announce a new date for the event.