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Preparations for swearing in ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister-designate H. D. Kumaraswamy underway at Vidhan Soudha in Bengaluru. Governor Vajubjai Vala invited the 58-year-old JD-S legislative party leader on Saturday to form the coalition government after the fall of the three-day BJP government led by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who resigned even before the trust vote was conducted since his party was seven MLAs short of the halfway mark to prove simple majority in a house of 222 members. The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader HD Kumaraswamy will take oath at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday in front of the Secretariat (Vidhan Soudha) in the presence of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Delhi and Kerala Chief Ministers Arvind Kejriwal and Pinarayi Vijayan respectively.

Kumaraswamy's swearing-in ceremony: Preparations underway in front of Vidhana Soudha

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Google Doodle celebrates Raja Ram Mohan Roy's 246th birth anniversary

JD-S leader and Karnataka Chief Minister-designate H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday met Congress President Rahul Gandhi and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to discuss ministerial berth sharing between the coalition partners ahead of his swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday. The details of the meeting were not divulged but the sources said the Congress demanded two posts for Deputy Chief Ministers -- one for a Dalit and the other for a Lingayat, 12 for ministers and one for the Speaker. However, Kumaraswamy said the matter will be finalised when the two sides sit together on Tuesday in Bengaluru. The Congress has authorised its General Secretary incharge of Karnataka K.C. Venugopal to discuss the matter with local Congress leadership, including former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. He will also discuss the issue with the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leadership.

Kumaraswamy meets Sonia, Rahul Gandhi in Delhi

Karnataka CM designate HD Kumaraswamy met Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati here and discussed plans of putting in place a Congress and JD-S coalition government. The JD-S contested the Karnataka election in a pre-poll alliance with the BSP and later had a post-poll tie-up with the Congress. JD-S General Secretary and Spokesperson Danish Ali said Kumaraswamy and Congress leaders discussed

JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy meets BSP chief Mayawati in Delhi

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday remembered his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 27th death anniversary saying it was he who taught him to love and respect all beings. Rahul Gandhi in a tweet on Monday said:

Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary

The beleaguered Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leaders on Thursday staged a protest against BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa's swearing-in as the Karnataka Chief Minister, terming it unconstitutional. Leaders of the Congress and JD-S, who had hastily stitched a post-poll alliance, staged the protest in front of the state legislature building soon after Yeddyurappa was administered the oath of office by Governor Vajubhai R. Vala at the Raj Bhavan.

Congress, JD-S protest in front of Vidhana Soudha against Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa

BJP's legislature party leader B.S. Yeddyurappa was sworn-in as the Karnataka Chief Minister here on Thursday hours after the Supreme Court gave the go-ahead in a pre-dawn hearing. Governor Vajubhai Vala administered the oath of office to Yeddyurappa at 9 a.m. in the 'Glass House' of Raj Bhavan amid tight security. Yeddyurappa, 75, took the oath in Kannada in the presence central and state leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and newly-elected legislators and senior officials.

BS Yeddyurappa sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on Wednesday invited BJP legislative party leader B.S. Yeddyurappa to form the new government and to take oath as Chief Minister on Thursday, a party spokesman said.

Governor invites BJP's Yeddyurappa to form government, take oath on Thursday

The Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) on Tuesday staked claim to form a government after the Karnataka election threw up a hung Assembly. After meeting Governor Vajubhai Vala, the Congress declared that it was giving unconditional support to the JD-S, which finished third in the race for power in the state behind the BJP and the Congress. Outgoing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said:

HD Kumaraswamy, Siddaramaiah, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mallikarjun Kharge at Raj Bhawan

Hundreds of thousands voted across Karnataka on Saturday in Assembly elections crucial for both the ruling Congress and the BJP, with the JD-S expected to play a key role in the event of a hung house. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said he was

Karnataka Assembly Election 2018: Harshika, Pranitha, Rahul Dravid, Upendra, Ramesh, Srujan Lokesh and other cast their vote

Voting began on Saturday on a brisk note across Karnataka to elect its 15th Legislative Assembly for a five-year term. Denizens of Bengaluru were seen lined up outside polling booths from 6.30 a.m. to beat the rush in casting their ballots as voting began at 7 a.m. Siddaramaiah and his son Yatindra vote in Varuna.

Karnataka Assembly Election 2018: Deve Gowda, Siddaramaiah and Yeddyurappa cast their vote

With an eye on returning to power in Karnataka, the BJP on Friday released its manifesto for the Assembly elections by promising free smartphones to poor women, free laptop to students entering college and visits to China and Israel by farmers.

Karnataka assembly elections 2018: BS Yeddyurappa releases BJP manifesto

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