Karnataka Government Formation Today: BS Yediyurappa today took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. Earlier,he had met the Governor and said: “I just met the Governor, I will take oath as Chief Minister today at 6 pm.” The development comes a day after Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar disqualified three rebel MLAs — Ramesh Jarkiholi and Mahesh Kumathahalli (both from Congress) and R Shankar, one of the two independents who switched sides, under the anti-defection law. Kumar said that the resignations of the three MLAs were ‘not voluntary and genuine’ and disqualified them with immediate effect. The disqualification means they can’t contest elections till the end of the term of the current House in 2023. On Shankar, Kumar said that he had merged his party with the Congress and so was effective with the Congress. On resignations and disqualification pleas of 14 other MLAs, Kumar said that he will take a final call in the next couple of days.
The HD Kumaraswamy government collapsed on Tuesday after losing the vote of confidence in the assembly. The government lost the vote by 95-105 in a House with an effective strength of 205 members. The Vidhan Soudha has 225 chairs but 20 MLAs (14 Congress, three JD-S, two independents and one BSP) skipped the proceedings. Meanwhile, a group of Karnataka BJP leaders, including former CM Jagdish Shettar, met party’s national president Amit Shah and working president JP Nadda in Delhi to discuss the government formation in the state. The BJP has 105 MLAs, maximum by any political party. It needs the support of eight more MLAs to go beyond the halfway mark in the Assembly to form a stable government.
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BJP MP Subramanian Swamy says: "Happy to see Yediruppa back as CM of Karnataka." Yediyurappa today took oath as the chief minister of Karnataka.
Yediyurappa today took as chief minister of Karnataka. This is the second time that he has taken oath in the current assembly session. The floor test is likely to happen on Monday.
Yediyurappa takes oath as chief minister for the fourth time. The floor test is likely to happen on Monday.
Yediyurappa alone will take oath today and his cabinet swearing-in ceremony will happen later. He is taking the oath for the second time in the same assembly session. This is the fourth time Yediyurappa is taking oath as chief minister of Karnataka.
Yediyurappa swearing-in ceremony: No senior BJP leader from Centre is present at the event. Political analysts believe that BJP acting President JP Nadda or other senior leader is not present that itself suggests that even party knows all is not well because the numbers are completely its not favour. Many rebels MLAs who have resigned from the Congress would like to have a ministerial berth and that is where the BJP may face trouble in accommodating all the aspirants.
BJP Karnataka President Yeddyurappa arrives at Raj Bhavan. He will take oath for the fourth time. Yeddyurappa is making a comeback in just 14 months after he became CM last year for a few days.
Congress rebel MLA Roshan Baig who resigned from the grand old party just weeks ago will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Yeddyurappa. The BJP Karnataka chief will be taking the oath of the office for the fourth time.
Karnataka: BJP State President BS Yediyurappa en-route Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru. He will take oath as Chief Minister shortly.
Karnataka Congress has decided to boycott the swearing-in ceremony of Yeddyurappa. Senior Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao earlier said that the swearing-in of Yeddyurappa as CM of Karnataka is unconstitutional and unethical based on horse-trading and corrupt methods. "It’s a blot on our democracy. I refuse to participate in this unholy event and instruct all Congress leaders not to attend," he said.
Karnataka: BJP State President BS Yediyurappa offers prayers at Kadu Malleshwara temple in Bengaluru. He will take oath as Chief Minister at 6 pm, today.
Karnataka: BJP State President BS Yeddyurappa leaves from his residence for BJP office. He will take oath as Chief Minister today at 6 pm.
Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Yeddyurappa: "Karnataka assembly has become an experimental lab for Karnataka BJP and the BJP backed governor to try unconstitutional ways to form the government. In what article of the constitution is the governor allowed to permit the party to form govt that doesn't have the majority? It is a shame!!".
Karnataka Chief Secretary T.M. Vijaybhaskar in a letter to Dept Secretaries: BS Yeddyurappa has given directions suggesting all Department Secretaries to put on hold the orders given by caretaker CM HD Kumaraswamy in July till they are looked into by Chief Secretary or Departments Secretaries.
Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao says that the "swearing-in of BS Yeddyurappa as CM of Karnataka is unconstitutional and unethical based on horse-trading and corrupt methods. It's a blot on our democracy. I refuse to participate in this unholy event and instruct all Karnataka Congress leaders not to attend."
Karnataka: BJP State President BS Yeddyurappa paya tribute at National Military Memorial in Bengaluru on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas.
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Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has slammed the BJP for toppling the Congress-JD(S) government. "Karnataka assembly has become an experimental lab for Karnataka BJP and the BJP backed governor to try unconstitutional ways to form government. In what article of the constitution is the
governor allowed to permit the party to form govt that doesn't have majority? It is shame!!" said Siddaramaiah in his tweet.
BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje on Friday asserted that BS Yeddyurappa enjoys the support of a majority of MLAs in the state assembly and he will provide a stable government. Karandlaje, a former minister in the state and considered a Yeddyurappa loyalist, refuted suggestions that the BJP central leadership wanted to adopt a more cautious approach and wait for a few more days. "Yeddyurappa staked claim to form the government only after getting a nod from the central leadership. He and the central leaders are on the same page," the Lok Sabha MP from the state said.
BS yeddyurappa will take oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on Friday at 6 PM. "I just met the Governor, I will take oath as Chief Minister today at 6 pm," he told reporters outside the Raj Bhawan in Bengaluru.
BS Yeddyurappa on Friday morning met Governor Vajubhai Vala to stake claim to form the government in Karnataka. The development comes a day after Speaker Ramesh Kumar disqualified three rebel Congress MLAs from the House under anti-defection law.
Senior Congress leader and former CM Siddaramaiah rubbished reports he had instigated the rebels to resign and destabilise the coalition government headed by HD Kumaraswamy. Cautioning media houses against peddling "false news", Siddaramaiah said he would give them a befitting reply if they repeat the allegation in front of him.
BJP national president Amit Shah said that BS Yeddyurappa will be BJP's CM candidate in Karnataka, news channel ABP repoted. JP Nadda will make a an official announcement at 3:30pm and Yeddyurappa is likely to take oath at 6 pm.
Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa has reached the Raj Bhavan to meet Governor Vajubhai Vala to stake claim to form the next government in the state.
According to ABP news report, BS Yeddyurappa is likely to take oath as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka at 12:30 pm later today. BSY will meet Governor to stake claim to form the government, three days after the Congress-JD(S) coalition failed to prove its strength.
Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa said that he will meet Governor at 10 am to stake claim to form the next government. "I am going to meet the Governor today at 10am to stake claim to form the government and I will request him to hold oath ceremony today itself," he told news agency ANI.
Speaker's decision on the disqualifications and resignations will be crucial in view of the numbers in the Vidhan Soudha. The BJP has not disclosed its agenda on the government formation so far. At present, no political party has a clear majority in the House. The BJP is the single largest party with 105 MLAs, eight less than the halfway mark in the 225-member House.
Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Thursday disqualified two rebel Congress legislators and an Independent lawmaker with immediate effect. The Congress rebels are Ramesh Jarkiholi (Gokak) and Mahesh Kumatahalli (Athani) constituencies in Belagavi district, while Independent R. Shankar is (Ranebennur) in Haveri district. The 3 MLAs were disqualified under the Anti-Defection Law (10th Schedule of the Constitution).