Karnataka (a southern Indian state governed by the opposition Congress party) Chief Minister Siddaramaiah resigned on May 28, 2026, with the state governor accepting his resignation the following day and confirming that Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar will succeed him. Siddaramaiah travelled to Delhi to meet Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi to discuss the composition of the new cabinet and the appointment of a new state party chief. The transition ends a prolonged internal power struggle but leaves Shivakumar facing significant challenges, including managing loyalists of his predecessor, balancing caste and regional representation in the cabinet, and preserving the Congress's broad electoral coalition ahead of state elections in 2028.