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Yeddyurappa's oath as CM is mockery of Constitution, says Congress

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 17 2018 | 12:40 PM IST

The Congress today termed BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa's oath as chief minister of Karnataka "farcical" and said the party's "irrational insistence" on forming government in the southern state when it does not have the numbers made a mockery of the Constitution.

While Congress president Rahul Gandhi said India mourns the defeat of democracy, the party's communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala described the events in Karnataka as a "black spot" on the country's democracy that will be erased
Referring the press conference called earlier by Supreme Court judges on various issues relating to the apex court judiciary, Gandhi said, "The judiciary is under fear, the press is under fear and even the BJP's Members of Parliament are under the same fear as they cannot speak a single word before the prime minister (Narendra Modi)."
"A farcical Oath of CM's post, A fraud being played on majority,
"A treachery with Constitution, A deception with democracy,

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First Published: May 17 2018 | 12:40 PM IST

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