Kumaraswamy to take oath as Karnataka CM today in a show of anti-BJP opposition unity
Bengaluru, May 23 (IBNS): In the presence of anti-BJP opposition leaders from across the nation, HD Kumaraswamy of Janata Dal (Secular) will take oath as the new Karnataka Chief Minister in Bengaluru on Wednesday, installing the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in the southern state after the BJP's exit in the absence of a majority required to run a government.
Along with Kumaraswamy, Congress' G Parameshwara will also be swearing in as the Deputy CM of the state on Wednesday.
The Congress will get 22 ministries as compared to the JD(S)' 12 in the government.
Congress lawmaker KR Ramesh Kumar will be the Speaker of the Vidhan Soudha.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) leader Sonia Gandhi, 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, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal are likely to be present at the swearing-in ceremony.
Telangana Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) chief, K Chandrasekhar Rao, met with Kumaraswamy and former Prime Minister and JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda on Tuesday.
The Congress and the JD(S) will form the government after a week-long political drama, which occurred after the Karnataka polls results.
While the Karnataka people gave a fractured mandate, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which emerged as a single largest party with 104 seats, was invited to form the government by Governor Vajubhai Vala amid controversy.
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 with the Congress-JD(S) moving the Supreme Court to stall BJP's strongman BS Yeddyurappa's swearing-in as the CM.
Though the swearing-in ceremony could not be stopped, the top court 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 resigned as the BJP failed to secure a simple majority. With two seats yet to be polled, BJP would have required the support of 111 MLAs for the time being to form the state government.
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