Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah met Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi
Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met his party president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Wednesday.
He met her for the first time after becoming the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Karnataka Assembly. It was a courtesy call which went on for around 20 minutes.
Congress on October 9, appointed Siddaramaiah as the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly in the state while SR Patil was appointed the leader in the legislative council.
"Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Siddaramaiah the LoP in the Legislative Assembly and SR Patil the LoP in the Legislative Council in Karnataka with immediate effect," a Congress press release had stated.
BS Yediyurappa was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka in July this year after the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) government led by HD Kumaraswamy.
Siddaramaiah was the Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2013 to 2018.