\'Will take oath as Chief Minister at 6 PM\': Karnataka BJP President BS Yeddyurappa



'Will take oath as Chief Minister at 6 PM': Karnataka BJP President BS Yeddyurappa

Earlier, while speaking to reporters in Bangalore, the Karnataka BJP President had said, "As I'm already the Leader of the Opposition, there is a need to call legislature party meeting."


BS Yeddyurappa

Karnataka BJP President B S Yeddyurappa on Friday met Governor Vajubhai Vala on Friday to stake claim to form the government in the state and request him to administer the oath.

After meeting the Governor, Yeddyurappa said, "The Governor has agreed. I will take oath as Chief Minister between 6 - 6:15 PM today."

A letter signed by him, addressed to the Governor, requests an alternate government be formed today since the government headed by HD Kumaraswamy lost the vote of confidence in the Legislative Assembly.

The Congress, while reacting to the developments, wrote on Twitter, "Today the BJP cannot stake claim to form the government or take oath as it does not have the numbers." The tweet further stated that BJP and BS Yeddyurappa "should have a clear understanding of the constitution".

BS Yeddyurappa has been given a deadline of July 31, within which he has to prove majority in the assembly.

Earlier, while speaking to reporters in Bangalore, the Karnataka BJP President had said, "As I'm already the Leader of the Opposition, there is a need to call legislature party meeting."

Yeddyurappa for the last couple of days had been waiting for "instructions" from the party high command to stake claim to form the government after the Congress-JDS coalition government had collapsed after the floor test on Tuesday.

A group of Karnataka BJP leaders, including Jagdish Shettar, Arvind Limbavali, J C Madhuswamy, Basavaraj Bommai and Yeddyurappa's son Vijayendra Thursday had met party chief Amit Shah in New Delhi and reportedly discussed the government formation.

Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Thursday had disqualified three rebel Congress MLAs under the anti-defection law.

The 14-month-old Congress-JDS coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy collapsed on Tuesday after losing the vote of confidence in the Assembly in a climax to the three-week-long intense power struggle.