Dynamite News Muslim should be made K'taka Dy CM: Muslim organizations
The Congress, which emerged as the second largest party after recently-held Karnataka state assembly elections, has forged an alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular) to form a government in the state.
Karnataka: A group of Muslim organisation has demanded that seven-time Congress MLA from Shivajinagar, Roshan Baig should be made the deputy chief minister in the new government of Karnataka.
Briefing the media, the organisation also said, if not Baig, then some other leader from the Muslim community should be made the deputy chief minister of the state.
The Congress, which emerged as the second largest party after recently-held Karnataka state assembly elections, has forged an alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular) to form a government in the state.
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