BJP asked to form Karnataka govt, Congress wants urgent SC hearing tonight
New Delhi, May 16 (IBNS): With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announcing that BS Yeddyurappa will take oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, that Congress party has approached the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing.
They have approached Chief Justice of Indian Dipak Mishra for an urgent hearing on Wednesday night itself.
The Congress have alleged that Karnataka Governor has shamed his office.
Dear Governor,
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) May 16, 2018
History will judge you for this partisan decision and for giving official sanctity to horse trading to get to power.
This happens when party loyalty means more than following constitutional norms that comes with the constitutional office you hold.
Governor invites Mr Yeddyurappa to manufacture a majority in 15 days.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) May 16, 2018
Governor gives Mr Yeddyurappa 15 days to convert the number 104 into 111.
Once more an occupant of a Raj Bhavan allows himself to be used as a rubber stamp. BJP announces (& then deletes) the details of #Yeddyurappa swearing in slated for tomorrow before it can be officially communicated.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 16, 2018
In a major political turn, the Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday evening announced that its leader BS Yeddyurappa will be taking oath as the chief minister of the south Indian state on Thursday after governor Vajubhai Vala invited the party to form government.
His Excellency the Governor of Karnataka has invited Sri @BSYBJP to form the government.
— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) May 16, 2018
Sri @BSYBJP will take oath tomorrow as Chief Minister of Karnataka at 9 AM at Raj Bhavan. #CMBSY pic.twitter.com/DCSIx3APSZ
The Governor gave BJP a period of 15 days to prove majority.
The oath taking ceremony will take place at 9 am on Thursday.
The BJP staked its claim despite falling short of an aboslute majority even as the two rival parties kept pushing for a game changer with a combined strength that well surpasses the magic figure.
Earlier in the evening, In a new twist to the political slugfest for claim over the power corridor, Janata Dal (S) leader HD Kumaraswamy accused the BJP of going for horse-trading by, making an offer of Rs 100 crore and cabinet posts to some of his party MLAs.
Addressing a press conference, Kumaraswamy said: "JD(S) MLAs are being offered Rs 100 crore each. Where is this black money coming from? They are supposedly the servers of poor people and they are offering money today. Where are the income tax officials?”
His allegation came shortly after Yeddyurappa submitted the papers of his election as BJP Legislature Party leader to Governor Vajubhai Vala and staked his claim to form a government, despite his party that emerged as the single largest one, falling short of a majority.
He urged the Governor not to take any decision which encourages horse-trading.
Asserting that his party will be with the Congress, Kumaraswamy, the son of JD(S) chief and former Prime Minister H D Devegowda, said the verdict in Karnataka is to stop BJP's 'Ashwamedha Yatra."
Out of the total 223 Assembly seats, the BJP has won 104, nine short of a majority, while the Congress has bagged 78 and JD(S) 38. To keep the BJP out of power, the Congress came to an eleventh-hour post-poll alliance with the JD(S) to muster a combined strength of 116.
The Congress has also left the Chief Minister's post to JD(S), which has elected Kumaraswamy as the Legislative Party leader.
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