Rahul Gandhi to attend Kumaraswamy's swearing-in ceremony in Bengaluru tomorrow

The Congress and the JD(S) made a post-poll alliance to form the new government in the southern state.

Kumaraswamy on Tuesday flew down to New Delhi to hold meetings with Rahul Gandhi and her mother Sonia  to discuss the Karnataka government formation.

After the meeting, Rahul had tweeted : "I had a warm and cordial meeting this evening, in Delhi, with Shri H D Kumaraswamy ji. We discussed the political situation in Karnataka and other matters of mutual interest. I will be attending his swearing in as CM of Karnataka, on Wednesday, in Bengaluru."

Several opposition leaders, including Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu, Telangana Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao have been invited by Kumaraswamy to the swearing-in ceremony.

The Congress reportedly proposed to have two Deputy Chief Ministers, an idea which has not been accepted by the JD(S) yet.

The Congress and the JD(S) will form the government after a week-long political drama.

As the  people gave a fractured mandate, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which emerged as a single largest party with 104 seats, was invited to form  government by Governor Vajubhai Vala.

However, the Congress and the JD(S) combine claimed to have the simple majority (113) with the support of 117 lawmakers.

The political tussle reached the judiciary as the Congress-JD(S) moved the Supreme Court to stall BJP's strongman BS Yeddyurappa's swearing-in as the CM.

Though the swearing-in ceremony was not stopped, the top court had slashed the 15-day period, which was given by the Governor to the BJP to prove majority, to little more than 24 hours.

Even before the floor test began, Yeddyurappa had resigned as the BJP failed to secure the simple majority.