The oath-taking ceremony turned out to be a springboard for Opposition unity, which aims at dislodging the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
JDS chief HD Kumaraswamy took oath as Karnataka chief minister on Wednesday. The southern state got its second CM in a week after BJP's BS Yeddyurappa resigned moments before floor test in the Karnataka Assembly on last Saturday, May 19
This will be Kumarawamy's second term as the chief minister of Karnataka since 2007, when he last held the post for 20 months.
Top opposition leaders arrive at Vidhan Soudha to attend Kumarswamy's swearing-in ceremony
Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Kumaraswamy took oath as Karnataka chief minister on Wednesday. Congress' G Parameshwara took oath as the deputy CM of the state.
Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Kumaraswamy took oath as Karnataka chief minister on Wednesday.
HD Kumaraswamy oath taking ceremony today, Kejriwal, Akhilesh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and others to attend the event
Congress leader G Parameshwara will take oath as Karnataka deputy chief minister, while the floor test will be conducted on May 24.
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The negotiations between Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD(S)) are afoot in Karnataka. According to reports, speaker for the Karnataka Assembly will be from Congress. The local leaders, who are participating in the negotiations will most likely announce the name by the evening, reported ANI.
Karnataka CM-designate and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy met Congress President Rahul Gandhi and her mother Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Monday evening days ahead of his swearing-in. Insiders say both the parties are not on the same page
According to sources, there is a proposal to have two deputy chief ministers to strike a balance between the two parties. Congress's G Parameshwara is frontrunner for the deputy chief minister's post.
Hebbar, who defeated BJP candidate VS Patil Andalagi from Yellapur constituency, took to Facebook on Saturday to brush off the alleged taped conversation released by his fellow partyman VS Ugrappa.
During the post-poll alliance negotiations, the Congress was granted the post of deputy CM, for which KPCC chief G Parmeshwara has been selected. Rest of the cabinet is expected to look something like this:
After BS Yeddyurappa's resignation due to lack of MLAs in Karnataka Assembly, the Janata Dal-Secular leader was flooded with congratulatory messages from anti-BJP parties.
Before stepping down as the chief minister, Yeddyurappa delivered an emotional 15-page speech in the Karnataka Assembly, focused on Lingayats and farmers of the state.
How BJP will prove majority remains a question in everyone's mind as the party, despite being the single largest in Karnataka elections with 104 seats, is still eight short of the 112-seat mark, necessary to prove majority in the 224-seat state assembly.
Refuting the allegations leveled by Kumaraswamy, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar termed the Rs 100-crore charge as 'imaginary', and exuded confidence of forming government in the state.
Karnataka Verdict: SC has refused to stay the oath-taking ceremony of BJP Legislative Party chief BS Yeddyurappa.
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