New Karnataka assembly session begins, MLAs take oath


Bengaluru, May 19 (IANS): Governor Vajubhai Vala on Saturday convened the 15th Karnataka Assembly in the Vidhana Soudha here. It began with the newly-elected legislators taking oath.

The pro tem Speaker, K.G. Bopaiah conducted the proceedings.

Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was the first to take oath followed by Congress legislature party leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Janata Dal-Secular's (JD-S) legislature party leader H.D. Kumaraswamy.

After these three, legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and JD-S would be administered the oath.

Later in the day at 4 p.m., there will be a floor test conducted in the House to ascertain Yeddyurappa's majority, as ordered by the Supreme Court on Friday.

In the May 12 assembly election held in 222 constituencies across the state, the BJP won 104, Congress 78, JD-S 37 and three others, including one Independent, one from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and other a regional party, Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party (KPJP).

  

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  • SMR, karkala

    Sun, May 20 2018

    To stop this drama from repeating itself, the rules must be written on the strongest stone possible and not left to the discretion of a governor, who is, after all, a political appointee.
    In the absence of a candidate with a clear majority from one party, the candidate who shows clear majority from multiple parties must be sworn in first.

    If he fails, then the next candidate with the most number of MLAs from a single or multiple party needs to be given a chance.

    The governor should not be allowed to think beyond the authentic letters of support before him.
    His or her only role must be to verify those letters in a transparent, time-bound manner. Further, the governor’s decision also must have a set 12-hour deadline from the time the results are announced.

    Unless we lay down these guidelines by law, we may remain mute witnesses to ugly political maneuvers that derail the spirit of an election.

    Jai Karnataka
    Jai Hind

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  • JK, southkanara

    Sat, May 19 2018

    Chow chow baath preparation is ON... Only final garnishing with OGGARANE is pending.... Time fixed to serve is at 4pm today... All are invited to have this great dish of Karnataka.... Do not delay.... it will rot in few months...

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  • VEER, HONNAVAR

    Sat, May 19 2018

    OH devare.. "yeddi matte beda " he will sell karnataka if he sit again on CM chair most corrupt CM of history

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  • Allen, Mangaluru

    Sat, May 19 2018

    His Boss Chanakya had already declared it in Public😀

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  • jeevan, kudla

    Sat, May 19 2018

    Very sad..
    only 1 congi MLA taking oath from our dist and thanks for pappu's road show in karavali..

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Sat, May 19 2018

    ಬಾಕಿದ ಜನಕ್ಕುಲ್ ಕಲ್ಲಡ್ಕಕ್ ಪೋತೆರ. chi, chi, thu, thu, waakk, thukk.

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  • Jasun, Mumbai

    Sat, May 19 2018

    Mix water properly otherwise this will happen to you..

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