New Delhi. The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has authorized party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to take a decision on the chief minister's post, while three party observers deputed to Karnataka are returning to Delhi to submit their report. Kharge has appointed former Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Shinde, Jitendra Singh (Congress general secretary) and Deepak Babaria (former Congress general secretary) as observers for the election of the