Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Karnataka Assembly Election Results 2018 Live: Governor has Assured me of Appropriate Decision soon — Karnataka caretaker chief minister Siddaramaiah has confirmed that no Congress MLA is missing, with the party saying that it has a plan to safeguard all lawmakers. Congress MLA Amaregouda Linganagouda Patil Bayyapur has said that he has been approached by the BJP and even offered a ministerial berth. JDS leader Danish Ali has also targeted the BJP saying that if the Governor does not invite the JDS-Congress alliance to form government, it would be death of democracy.
On Wednesday, BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa met Karnataka Governor after being chosen legislative party leader. He said that the Governor had assured him of taking an appropriate decision over government formation in the state at the earliest.
Karnataka delivered a hung Assembly on Tuesday with no party getting a clear majority to form government in the state. While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single-largest party, winning 104 seats, the Congress and the Janata Dal Secular stood second and third with wins on 78 and 38 seats respectively. Even before full results could come in, intense political parley began with the Congress and the JDS declaring that they would jointly form the government in Karnataka. However, the single largest party refused to budge, and ultimately both the sides met Governor Vajubhai Vala and staked claims to form the government.
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16 May 2018, 10:52 AM
“We have already decided to go with Congress. That’s the reason we called Janta Dal Secular Legislature Party meeting. There is no question of taking any other decision,” says HD Kumaraswamy.
16 May 2018, 10:39 AM
Sources tell Zee News that Congress party has booked 100 rooms in Eagleton resort in Bengaluru. This is the same resort that was used to keep Gujarat MLAs during Rajya Sabha elections.
16 May 2018, 10:32 AM
BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar says people of Karnataka have chosen them over the Congress and the JDS, accusing them of forming an “unethical and unholy alliance”. He said that as people have voted for the BJP, they will form the government. He further recalled that Congress president Rahul Gandhi had insulted former prime minister and JDS leader HD Deve Gowda, pointing that the Gandhi scion had called the JDS a B-team of the BJP.
16 May 2018, 10:27 AM
BJP chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa has said that a party delegation will meet Karnataka Governor immediately after legislature party meeting and stake claim to form the government. “During the legislature party meeting the leader will be elected. From there we will go to Raj Bhavan immediately. We will claim to form the govt. Most probably we will ask the Governor to give us time tomorrow,” said Yeddyurappa.