Chief Minister-designate Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar left for New Delhi on Friday to discuss with the party`s high command regarding the Ministers to be inducted into the new Karnataka cabinet and allocation of portfolios. A meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) on Thursday formally elected Siddaramaiah as its leader, following which he staked his claim with the Governor, who invited him to form the government.

Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar would take oath as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister respectively along with a few as Ministers at 12.30 PM on Saturday at the Kanteerava Stadium here. "Siddaramaiah, Randeep Singh Surjewala (AICC General Secretary) and me will be going to Delhi, we will meet Mallikarjun Kharge (AICC President) to discuss the first stage of cabinet expansion and decide about it," Shivakumar said, before leaving for the national capital.