Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP Chief BS Yeddyurappa said that he will be taking oath as the Chief Minister at 6 pm on Friday.
"I have requested Governor to administer me oath between 6-6.15 pm as the Chief Minister, the Governor has agreed and given me a letter," Yeddyurappa told reporters after meeting the Governor at Raj Bhavan here.
Stating that he will take oath by that time, he said, "who all are to be inducted (in the ministry), I will discuss with our national president and inform."
Yeddyurappa met Governor Vala to stake claim to form the government, and requested him to administer oath of office and secrecy on the same day.
He said, as he is already the Leader of the Opposition, there is need to call Legislature party meeting, to elect the leader.
Yeddyurappa said he will also be sending a letter of invitation to outgoing Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah for the swearing-in ceremony.
"I will also try to contact Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah over phone, to invite them personally," he added.
BJP getting nod for govt formation unconstitutional: Siddaramaiah
Reacting to the development, senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that BJP getting the nod from the Governor to form the government is unconstitutional.
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Karnataka assembly has become an experimental lab for @BJP4Karnataka & BJP backed governor to try unconstitutional ways to form govt.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 26, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
In what article of the constitution is the governor allowed to permit the party to form govt that doesn't have majority?
It is shame!!
">Karnataka assembly has become an experimental lab for @BJP4Karnataka & BJP backed governor to try unconstitutional ways to form govt.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 26, 2019
In what article of the constitution is the governor allowed to permit the party to form govt that doesn't have majority?
It is shame!!Karnataka assembly has become an experimental lab for @BJP4Karnataka & BJP backed governor to try unconstitutional ways to form govt.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 26, 2019
In what article of the constitution is the governor allowed to permit the party to form govt that doesn't have majority?
It is shame!!
Taking to Twitter, he wrote, "Karnataka assembly has become an experimental lab for Karnataka BJP and BJP-backed Governor to try unconstitutional ways to form government. In what article of the constitution is the Governor allowed to permit the party to form govt that doesn't have majority? It is shame!!"
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.@BJP4Karnataka has the strength of 105 which is way less than the half way mark.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 26, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
In no way BJP can form the govt if constitution is followed. This only proves that BJP has no belief in the democratic values.@INCKarnataka
">.@BJP4Karnataka has the strength of 105 which is way less than the half way mark.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 26, 2019
In no way BJP can form the govt if constitution is followed. This only proves that BJP has no belief in the democratic values.@INCKarnataka.@BJP4Karnataka has the strength of 105 which is way less than the half way mark.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 26, 2019
In no way BJP can form the govt if constitution is followed. This only proves that BJP has no belief in the democratic values.@INCKarnataka
"BJP has the strength of 105 which is way less than the half way mark. In no way BJP can form the government if constitution is followed. This only proves that BJP has no belief in the democratic values," he added.
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.
