Bangalore(IANS) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s B.S. Yeddyurappa will take over as Karnataka chief minister on Monday, it was announced here Friday.
“The exact time of swearing in will be made known late Friday or Saturday morning,” Yeddyurappa told reporters after meeting Governor Rameshwar Thakur, who invited him to form the government.
Yeddyurappa was accompanied by his predecessor H.D. Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), which is extending support to a BJP-led government after breaking with it in early October over power sharing.
“It is for the governor to fix the date,” Kumaraswamy said when asked when the combine would prove its majority in the assembly.
“As soon as possible,” said Yeddyurappa, who enjoys the backing of 129 legislators in the 225-member assembly.
On Tuesday, the BJP and JD-S took over 120 supporting legislators to President Patil to prove to her that the combine enjoyed majority in the house.
Thakur also sent a report stating that though the stability of the combine’s government was doubtful, it has to be given the opportunity to form the government.
On Thursday, the union cabinet accepted Thakur’s report and decided to end the central rule.
According to indications, only Yeddyurappa and a yet-to-be named JD-S leader will take oath as chief minister and deputy chief minister Monday.
The ministry will be expanded later as the two parties are yet to reach an agreement on the portfolios to be shared.
The JD-S is facing problems as there are many claimants to the post of deputy chief minister, the frontrunner being Kumaraswamy’s elder brother H.D. Revanna.
However, Revanna is facing opposition from his own party legislators with a majority favouring Kumaraswamy as deputy chief minister.
H.D. Deve Gowda, JD-S president and father of the siblings, will meet senior leaders of the party Sunday and announce his decision.