DV Sadananda Gowda elected next chief minister of Karnataka
Posted on: 03/Aug/2011 6:50:36 AM
DV Sadananda Gowda was chosen the next chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday.
According to sources, Sadananda Gowda got 63 votes in his favour and Jagadish Shettar got 55 in a secret poll.
Earlier in the day, Karnataka`s BJP legislators` met to pick a successor to outgoing chief minister Yeddyurappa.
The legislators met at a hotel in city centre to choose a new leader between two contenders - DV Sadananda Gowda and Rural development minister Jagadish Shettar.
Media persons were not allowed. For some time central observers Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley were mute spectators to the scene. With no consensus in sight, the two said the new leader would be elected by `secret ballot`.
