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Out of 34 ministries, 22 ministries will go with Congress Party and 12 ministries, including CM will be with be with JD(S)

JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy speaks to media after meeting with Governor Vajubhai Vala  in Bengaluru on Saturday. BJP leader B S Yediyurappa submited his resignation before the floor test

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	<strong>Karnataka government formation: </strong>Congress&#39; Karnataka state President G Parameshwara would be the Deputy Chief Minister and Congress&#39;s K R Ramesh Kumar would be the Speaker of Karnataka&#39;s Vidhana Soudha in the Janata Dal(Secular)-Congress coalition government, a party leader said on Tuesday. Parameshwara would take oath on Wednesday.&nbsp;<br />
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	Congress member K C Venugopal said, &quot;Congress-JD(S) leaders met and discussed about the cabinet formation, out of 34 ministries, 22 ministries will go with Congress Party and 12 ministries, including CM will be with be with JD(S). Portfolio allocation to be decided after floor test.&quot;<br />
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	A day ahead of his swearing-in, Karnataka Chief Minister-designate H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday visited the Hindu holy towns of Dharmasthala and Sringeri to pray for the success of the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government. Kumaraswamy will take oath on Wednesday at 4:30 pm at Vidhan Soudha in Bengaluru. Governor Vajubhai Vala will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Kumaraswamy, according to a government release.</div>
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	The swearing-in was earlier scheduled to be held on Monday but was later postponed as it coincided with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi&#39;s death anniversary.</div>
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	JD(S) leader Kumaraswamy returned to the southern state after a day-long visit on Monday to Delhi to discuss government formation and ministerial berth sharing between the coalition partners with Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.</div>
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	Kumaraswamy had also met Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati in New Delhi and discussed plans of putting in place a Congress and JD(S) coalition government. The JD-S contested the Karnataka election in a pre-poll alliance with the BSP and later had a post-poll tie-up with the Congress.<br />
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	Meanwhile, Kumaraswamy has asked party cadres not to erect banners, flexi boards and burst crackers as they would harm the environment, a party official said, according to <em>PTI.</em><br />
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		<strong>Eminent politicians who will be attending Kumaraswamy&rsquo;s swearing-in:</strong> United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijay, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejaswi Yadav, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M K Stalin.<br />
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	Kumaraswamy was invited by Governor Vajubhai Vala to take the reins of power after the three-day Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government collapsed last Saturday with B S Yeddyurappa, unable to muster the required number for a majority, stepping down as the chief minister without facing the floor test in the state assembly.</div>
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	The May 12 Karnataka Assembly election threw up a hung verdict with BJP emerging as the single largest party with 104 seats.</div>
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	The Congress was next with 78 and the JD(S) followed with 37. The BSP has one MLA and two seats went to Independents.</div>
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Karnataka cabinet: G Parameshwara to be Deputy CM; floor test on May 24

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BJP&#39;s practice of losing elections but forming govt, this trend has stopped in Karnataka. Pinarayi Vijayan and I will attend the oath taking ceremony of HD Kumaraswamy tomorrow, says Sitaram Yechury, CPI-M<br />
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		United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi</div>
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		Congress President Rahul Gandhi&nbsp;</div>
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		Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati&nbsp;</div>
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		West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee&nbsp;</div>
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		Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu</div>
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		Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal</div>
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		Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijay</div>
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		Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav</div>
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		Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejaswi Yadav</div>
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		Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao</div>
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		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M K Stalin</div>
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<a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sc-refuses-urgent-hearing-on-plea-against-k-taka-guv-s-decision-118052200626_1.html?1526987526" target="_blank"><strong>SC refuses urgent hearing on plea against Karnataka Governor&#39;s decision</strong></a><br />
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	<a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sc-refuses-urgent-hearing-on-plea-against-k-taka-guv-s-decision-118052200626_1.html?1526987526" target="_blank">The Supreme Court today refused to accord an urgent hearing to a plea filed by Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) challenging Governor Vajubhai Vala&#39;s decision to invite the Congress-JD(S) combine to form the government in Karnataka.</a><br />
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	<a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sc-refuses-urgent-hearing-on-plea-against-k-taka-guv-s-decision-118052200626_1.html?1526987526" target="_blank">&quot;You have mentioned it, but we have not accepted it. It will come up in due course,&quot; the bench told the counsel representing the outfit.</a></div>
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	<a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sc-refuses-urgent-hearing-on-plea-against-k-taka-guv-s-decision-118052200626_1.html?1526987526" target="_blank">The matter was initially mentioned before the bench in the morning session by ABHM&#39;s counsel but another lawyer opposed it claiming it was a &quot;proxy&quot; petition and the petitioner was not the original outfit.</a></div>