Karnataka floor test today, Congress-JD(S) likely to win

The Congress and the JD(S) combine, which together have 117 seats, is likely to win the floor test.

Along with Kumaraswamy, G Parameshwara took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state on Wednesday.

The Congress will get 22 ministries compared to 12 for JD(S).

Congress lawmaker KR Ramesh Kumar will be the Speaker of the Vidhan Soudha.

The Congress and the JD(S) formed the government after a week-long political drama, which occurred after the Karnataka poll 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.

Meanwhile, the BJP had boycotted the swearing-in ceremony making allegations that the Congress-JD(S) formed the Karnataka government against the people's mandate.