As expected, the Karnataka Congress Legislature Party (CLP) on Saturday unanimously elected D K Shivakumar as its leader, paving the way for the Deputy Chief Minister to be elevated to the Chief Minister’s position. The CLP’s move came two days after CM Siddaramaiah stepped down from his post following the Congress high command’s directive. Veteran party leader Siddaramaiah, who has already become the longest-serving CM of Karnataka, resigned as part of a power-sharing agreement between him and Shivakumar in May 2023, when the party stormed to power by clinching the Karnataka Assembly polls. The 64-year-old Vokkaliga leader, Shivakumar has also been the state Congress president for several years. Addressing media persons following the CLP meeting, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal, accompanied by AICC general secretary in charge of Karataka Randeep Surjewala, said that the CLP “unanimously authorised Congress high command to propose a leader for CLP.…