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“The party consistently passed a determination to choose Siddaramaiah as the Congress legislature party leader,” the party statement said.
The Congress council party meeting was held at a star hotel in Hyderabad where its recently chosen legislators stayed.
The Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) had moved their recently chosen legislators to Hyderabad on late Thursday to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from poaching them for deserting.
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A floor test will be held at 4 p.m on Saturday on Supreme Court’s mandate prior in the day to determine if BJP Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa demonstrates majority.
Of the 222 seats, the BJP won 104, Congress 78, JD-S 37, and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party (KPJP) one each, aside from an Independent.