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Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on Wednesday invited BJP legislative party leader BS Yeddyurappa to form the new government and to take oath as Chief Minister on Thursday, a party spokesman said.


“We received a communique from the Raj Bhavan, inviting Yeddyurappa to form the government and take oath at 9.30 a.m.,” BJP state unit spokesman Vamanacharya told IANS here.


Only Yeddyurappa will take oath at a simple ceremony in the ‘Glass House’ on the lawns of the Raj Bhavan in the city centre amid tight security.


The Governor has invited party’s leaders and newly-elected legislators to the oath-taking ceremony,” added Vamanacharya. There was, however, no official communique from the Raj Bhavan to the media till the filing of this report.


The newly elected Karnataka BJP legislators elected Yeddyurappa as their legislative party leader and he soon staked claim to form the government though the party is eight seats short of a majority in the Assembly.


“We have staked claim to form the government as the single largest party with 104 newly elected legislators,” Yeddyurappa told reporters here after meeting Governor Vajubhai R Vala at Raj Bhavan.


“I have requested the Governor to allow me to take oath as the Chief Minister at the earliest and the Governor said he would take an appropriate decision soon,” he said.


Of the 222 constituencies where polling was held on May 12, the BJP won 104 seats while the Congress won 78 and JD-S won 38 seats, along with its ally Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), throwing up a hung Assembly.


The BJP is eight short of the 112-halfway mark needed for a simple majority.— Agencies


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