Karnataka polls: I'm fine if party decides on Dalit CM, says Siddaramaiah

Polling for the state assembly in Karnataka was held on Saturday and the results will be declared on Tuesday

A day after the Karnataka Assembly polls, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday asserted that the Congress would retain power in the southern state and said this was his last election.

Speaking to reporters in Chamundeshwari constituency, one of the two seats from where he contested in the high-stakes polls, along with Badami in north Karnataka, the Congress leader said, “This will be my last election.” To a question on the possibility of a Dalit chief minister, he said, “It is fine if the party decides to have a Dalit chief minister.” Siddaramaiah exuded confidence that the Congress would get an absolute