Karnataka: Mamata Banerjee to skip Siddaramaiah's oath-taking ceremony
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend the swearing-in ceremony of Congress leader Siddaramaiah as Karnataka CM in Bengaluru on Saturday. Instead, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo will send her party leader Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar to the event. The news was shared in a tweet by TMC Rajya Sabha MP and National Spokesperson Derek O'Brien on Friday.
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The CM designate of Karnataka Mr Siddaramaiah & his other colleagues called to personally invite @AITCofficial Chairperson & Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for swearing-in tomorrow
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) May 19, 2023
She conveyed her best wishes & designated @kakoligdastidar #TMC Deputy Leader in LS to attend ceremony
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Banerjee recently offered Congress support in 2024 elections
Notably, Banerjee's presence at Siddaramaiah's oath-taking ceremony was being considered crucial, especially after she recently said that her party would support Congress in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. She made the remarks soon after the Congress won the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections and unseated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the only southern state it governed.