Karnataka govt formation: Congress gets Deputy CM, Speaker posts
New Delhi/Bengaluru, May 22 (IBNS): The Congress party is all set to get the posts of Deputy Chief Minister and Speaker in the Congress-JD(S) coalition Karnataka government, media reports said on Tuesday.
Congress' G Parameshwara will be sworn in as the Karnataka deputy CM along with Chief Minister designate HD Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, KR Ramesh Kumar will be the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhana Soudha, said reports.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chariperson Sonia Gandhi will be present at the swearing-in ceremony in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The Congress and the JD(S) made a post-poll alliance to form the new government in the southern state.
Kumaraswamy on Monday flew down to New Delhi to hold meetings with Rahul Gandhi and her mother Sonia to discuss the Karnataka government formation.
After the meeting, Rahul had tweeted : "I had a warm and cordial meeting this evening, in Delhi, with Shri H D Kumaraswamy ji. We discussed the political situation in Karnataka and other matters of mutual interest. I will be attending his swearing in as CM of Karnataka, on Wednesday, in Bengaluru."
Several opposition leaders, including Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu, Telangana Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao have been invited by Kumaraswamy to the swearing-in ceremony.
The Congress and the JD(S) will form the government after a week-long political drama.
As the people gave a fractured mandate, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which emerged as a single largest party with 104 seats, was invited to form government by Governor Vajubhai Vala.
However, the Congress and the JD(S) combine claimed to have the simple majority (113) with the support of 117 lawmakers.
The political tussle reached the judiciary as the Congress-JD(S) moved the Supreme Court to stall BJP's strongman BS Yeddyurappa's swearing-in as the CM.
Though the swearing-in ceremony was not stopped, the top court had slashed the 15-day period, which was given by the Governor to the BJP to prove majority, to little more than 24 hours.
Even before the floor test began, Yeddyurappa had resigned as the BJP failed to secure the simple majority.
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