Governor invites Kumaraswamy to form government, oath-taking ceremony on Monday

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, May 19, 2018 : BS Yeddyurappa has resigned as Chief Minister just two days after he took the oath of office. Just ahead of the trust vote in Karnataka Assembly, he addressed the House and conceded defeat. An emotional Yeddyurappa said that the situation would have been different if the people would have given just a few more seats to the BJP, enough to make them win the majority. "If only people would have given us 113 seats instead of 104, we would have made this state a paradise. Whether I stay in power or not, I will continue to work for the people. And we will get 28 out of 28 seats in Lok Sabha. For now, I will go to Raj Bhawan and tender my resignation."

 

 

The Assembly session began on Saturday morning with newly-elected MLA taking oath. They were administered oath by Protem Speaker KG Bopaiah. Yeddyurappa took the oath first, followed by Congress Legislature Party leader and his predecessor Siddaramaiah. Then the other members started taking oath in batches of five one after the other. The floor test was scheduled for 4 PM as per the Supreme Court’s on Friday ordered that drastically reduced the 15-day window given by the governor to Yeddyurappa to prove majority.

The Supreme Court had on Saturday dismissed the plea of Congress and Janata Dal Secular (JDS) challenging the appointment of Bopaiah as protem speaker. The apex court had also ordered live telecast of proceedings of the floor test which was scheduled to take place at 4 PM. (Read full text of SC order). The Congress-JDS combine in its petition had contended that the appointment of Bopaiah was contrary to the tradition of choosing the senior-most legislator for the post.

Kumaraswamy confirms Governor has invited JDS-Congress to form government, oath-taking ceremony to take place on Monday.


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