Kumaraswamy to become CM tomorrow
BENGALURU — With the fall of BJP’s three-day-old government in Karnataka, H D Kumaraswamy heading the Congress-JDS coalition is set to become the chief minister for a second time on May 21.
Governor Vajubhai Vala on Saturday invited Kumaraswamy, who is the leader of Congress-JD(S) joint legislature party, to form the government.
“On the invitation of the Governor I have met him on the basis of the request we had submitted on May 15 for the formation of Congress-JD(S) coalition government .... he has invited us to form the government,” Kumaraswamy, who is also state JD(S) chief, said. Speaking to reporters after meeting Vala, he said the Governor has directed him to prove the majority on the floor of the House in 15 days but he would do it much before.
Kumaraswamy said the swearing-in ceremony would take place tentatively between 12 and 1.50 pm at Kanteerava stadium here.
His meeting with the Governor came hours after B S Yeddyurappa stepped down as chief minister without facing the floor test in the assembly.
The post election stitched alliance of JDS and Congress, which claims the support of 117 members, has already staked its claim to form the government and said it would be headed by Kumaraswamy.
The third son of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda had earlier headed the BJP-JD(S) coalition government for twenty months from January 2006. Kumaraswamy said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BSP chief Mayawati, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Telangana Chief Minister Chandrashekar Rao and several other regional leaders would be invited for the swearingin ceremony.