Karnataka Election Results LIVE: Yeddyurappa to Take Oath Tomorrow, Congress Says Murder of Democracy

Law declared by Supreme Court binding on all; Karnataka Governor should not act illegally: Congress.

Cong: We All Know How Minority Parties Try to Form Govt | Congress leader Kapil Sibal: Why is a minority party who doesn't have the numbers on their side, being called to form the government? How is this legal? Now when they swear-in, we all know what people would do to get numbers in their favour. We have seen it in Goa and other states. The Governor should never get into such complications.

Karnataka BJP's Twitter handle starts early celebrations hailing BS Yeddyurappa as the next Karnataka CM. Deletes tweet within minutes.

"Shocking, if true? Will tantamount to murdering democracy, trampling Constitution & disregarding all precedents. Majority will can't be subjugated at the whims of BJP & Modi Govt," Randeep Surjewala said on Twitter. He was reacting to a tweet by Suresh Kumar who wrote in Kannada, "B S Yeddyurappa will take oath as chief minister at 9.30 am at Raj Bhavan tomorrow. Let us all gather on this happy occasion."

Congress: Murder of Democracy | The Congress today termed as "shocking" the Karnataka BJP spokesperson's claim that B S Yeddyurappa will be sworn in tomorrow and said it will tantamount to "murdering" democracy, "trampling" Constitution and disregarding all the precedents. Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala also said that the will of the majority cannot be subjugated at the whims of the BJP and the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.

Prakash Javadekar, JP Nadda reach Yeddyurappa's residence. Javadekar says, “I am here to meet Yeddyurappa, let me first see the letter.”

Asked if BJP has been invited to form the government, Union minister Prakash Javadekar flashes the victory sign.

Bengaluru: BJP Karnataka in-charge Prakash Javadekar shows victory symbol on being asked if Governor has sent a letter inviting BJP to form government pic.twitter.com/Ti9boR1Hwj

— ANI (@ANI) May 16, 2018

Karnataka Congress MLAs arrive at the Eagleton Resort.

#Karnataka: Congress MLAs arrive at Eagleton Resort near Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/A0kQeVYU9W

— ANI (@ANI) May 16, 2018

Where are you taking this country, one wonders. Someone was offered Rs 3 crore, someone Rs 5 crore and someone Rs 100 crore. Anybody walking on the road has a price: HD Kumaraswamy, JD(S)

Meanwhile, Congress MLAs are about to reach the Eagleton Resort in Bengaluru and JDS MLAs are likely to stay at Shangri-la tonight.

Yeddyurappa has been given 7 days to prove BJP's majority in the Karnataka Assembly. Governor Vajubhai Vala has invited BSY to take oath on Thursday at 9am and form the government while giving the BJP 10 days to prove its majority while the party has 104 MLAs in the 224-member Assembly.

Governor holds an exalted constitutional office, he shouldn't walk on a perilous path which is illegal, he's bound by the Supreme Court judgment, bound to invite leader of alliance which is presented to him as an alliance that commands maturity of members in legislative assembly: P Chidambaram

What is standing in way of the Governor from extending invitation to leader of the alliance (HD Kumaraswamy), who clearly demonstrated that he commands the support of the majority?: P Chidambaram in Delhi

Karnataka BJP Hails 'CM BSY', Deletes Tweet | Karnataka BJP hails BSY as the 'new Karnataka CM'. Tweets: The moment that crores of Kannadigas are awaiting is here. Sri @BSYBJP will take oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka tomorrow morning at 9.30 AM at Raj Bhavan. The movement to build our Suvarna Karnataka has begun. #CMBSY

Deletes tweet within a minute.

Karnataka Congress leader Priyank Kharge alleges horse-trading against BJP.

BJP used the 3C formula on voters during elections. Convince - Confuse - Con.
Now BJP is using another 3C formula to lure other party MLAs. Caste - Cabinet - Cash.

They are trying relentlessly to get the numbers.

— Priyank Kharge (@PriyankKharge) May 16, 2018

P Chidambaram: We sincerely hope that there would not be another outrage on the Constitution.

P Chidambaram: Despite Congress and JDS having the numbers, as we walked in for this press conference, we heard that the governor may have invited the BJP to form the government. The two parties gave the governor a list of names of the MLAs, which proves a majority. 

Congress holds a press conference with P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal and other senior leaders at the party headquarters in Delhi.

ನಾಳೆ, ಗುರುವಾರ ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ೯.೩೦ ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ರಾಜಭವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಸನ್ಮಾನ್ಯ ಬಿ.ಎಸ್.ಯಡ್ಯೂರಪ್ಪನವರು ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಮಾಣವಚನ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ಸಂತಸ ಗಳಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗಿಯಾಗಲು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇರೋಣ.

— Sureshkumar (@nimmasuresh) May 16, 2018

BJP MLA Suresh Kumar says in a tweet: BS Yeddyurappa will be sworn in as Chief Minister of the state at Raj Bhavan tomorrow at 9.30 am on Thursday. Join a large number of people to participate in this happy holiday.

BJP sources say swearing in of BS Yeddyurappa and other BJP MLAs will take place at the Raj Bhavan instead of a grander venue.

Police on Alert in State | DG Intelligence asks all SPs and Commissioners of police to be on alert across Karnataka, says Congress and JDS may start protests.

Governor Vajubhai Vala has officially invited BS Yeddyurappa to form the government in Karnataka. BJP is the single largest party in the Karnataka Assembly with 104 MLAs while the JDS-Congress post poll alliance has 117 MLAs in a House that requires 113 seats for majority.

Governor Vajubhai Vala has invited the Yeddyurappa-led BJP to form the government in Karnataka on Thursday. Yeddyurappa will be sworn-in tomorrow at 9am. BJP has 104 MLAs to itself while still falling short of a majority in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly.

BSY SWEARING IN TOMORROW | BS Yeddurappa is likely to be sworn-in at 9am tomorrow morning, say sources.

BJP is the single largest party in Karnataka Assembly right now with 104 MLAs in its kitty while JDS has won 37 seats and Congress has won 78. JDS and Congress announced a post-poll alliance soon after the results started trickling in and claimed stakes to form the government.

Guv Consults Mukul Rohatgi | Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala consults former Attorney General Mukul Rohtagi, who says the single largest party should be invited to form the government.

Hotel or wherever we go, MLAs will stay together and discuss things. Congress is compelled to keep its MLAs together because of the horse-trading going on: Ashok Gehlot at KPCC, Bengaluru #KarnatakaElectionResults2018 pic.twitter.com/EuyyyYqVLz

— ANI (@ANI) May 16, 2018

Hotel or wherever we go, MLAs will stay together and discuss things. Congress is compelled to keep its MLAs together because of the horse-trading going on: Ashok Gehlot at KPCC, Bengaluru.

Congress leader Ashok Gehlot: Governor should have called us when we have even elected our leader. We haven’t got the invitation while BJP is doing horse trading.