Cong believes in consensus, not dictatorship: Party slams BJP after K'taka decision
New Delhi, May 18 (PTI) The Congress on Thursday hit back at the BJP for being critical of the delay in deciding a name for the chief minister's post in Karnataka, saying it is a democratic party that believes in consensus and "not dictatorship".
The Congress also said it declared the chief minister and the deputy chief minister of Karnataka in three days of the first meeting of newly elected MLAs, following an intensive and extensive process of consultations "completely alien to the BJP".
Ending days of suspense, the Congress on Thursday announced Siddaramaiah as the next chief minister of the southern state and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D K Shivakumar as his only deputy in the soon-to-formed cabinet.
