29 May 2026Polity & Governance3 questions

Siddaramaiah Resigns as Karnataka Chief Minister — D.K. Shivakumar Set to Succeed

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah submitted his resignation on May 28, 2026, following directions from the Congress high command, completing three years of a power-sharing arrangement with Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot formally accepted the resignation on May 29, 2026, under Article 164(1) of the Constitution, dissolving the Council of Ministers. Siddaramaiah declined an offered Rajya Sabha seat and will continue as Caretaker CM until Shivakumar is sworn in. The transition ends a three-year leadership tussle that was a defining feature of Congress's 2023 Karnataka victory — during which both leaders had been summoned to Delhi for back-to-back meetings with Rahul Gandhi and AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge.

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Polity & GovernanceRecallEasy

Q1. The 91st Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003 inserted Article 164(1B), which caps the total size of a State Council of Ministers including the Chief Minister. For Karnataka's 224-seat Legislative Assembly, what is the maximum permissible number of ministers under this provision?

A27 ministers

B33 ministers

C36 ministers

D45 ministers

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Polity & GovernanceApplicationMedium

Q2. Following the acceptance of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's resignation by the Governor, Siddaramaiah was asked to continue as Caretaker Chief Minister pending the swearing-in of his successor. Which of the following actions would be constitutionally and conventionally permissible for Siddaramaiah to undertake in his caretaker capacity?

ALaunching a new state-funded welfare scheme for unorganised sector workers and issuing a Government Order to operationalise it

BMaking senior IAS appointments to key secretariat positions that had been lying vacant for several months

CPresiding over a routine cabinet meeting to grant approval to urgent day-to-day administrative expenditures already within sanctioned budget heads

DRecommending to the Governor the dissolution of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly to seek a fresh mandate

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Polity & GovernanceAnalysisHard

Q3. Consider the following statements in the context of the Karnataka Chief Minister transition in May 2026: 1. Under Article 164(1), the resignation of the Chief Minister automatically dissolves the entire Council of Ministers — no separate resignation by individual ministers is required. 2. The Governor's power to accept or refuse the Chief Minister's resignation is a discretionary power under Article 164 that the Governor may exercise independently of the advice of the Council of Ministers. 3. The limitations placed on a caretaker government's functioning are explicitly enumerated in Article 164 of the Constitution. 4. The Samsher Singh v. State of Punjab (1974) judgment held that the Governor must in all matters act on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers, with no constitutionally specified exceptions. Which of the statements given above are correct?

A1 and 2 only

B1, 2 and 4 only

C2 and 3 only

D1 and 4 only

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