Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Karnataka Elections 2018: Supreme Court Refuses To Stay BJP Government Formation In Karnataka Today — In a dramatic turn of events, the Supreme Court of India, at a middle-of-the-night hearing, refused to stop the Bharatiya Janata Party from taking oath on Thursday morning as the new government in Karnataka. Though it did direct the Attorney General of India, KK Venugopal, to produce the letter written by BJP Karnataka leader BS Yeddyurappa to the state’s governor, by the next hearing on Friday, May 19. The letter states the number of legislative assembly members supporting the BJP.