Basavaraj Bommai takes oath as the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka. (Twitter/@DarshanDevaiahB)Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai Swearing-in Ceremony July 27, 28 Highlights: Lingayat leader Basavaraj Somappa Bommai took oath as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka on Wednesday. In the ceremony at the Glass House of the Karnataka Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office and secrecy.
Basavaraj Bommai later performed a puja at Vidhana Soudha before taking over the new Chief Minister’s office.
After being sworn in, Basavaraj Bommai said that floods and Covid-19 are challenges that will be given priority. He further said that his government will work as a team to uplift the poor, farmers and the health care system amid the pandemic. “I will keep up whatever faith and trust people of Karnataka have in me,” he added.
Ever since speculations regarding Yediyurappa’s started gaining ground, Bommai was always among the top contenders to replace him. Bommai, who has no roots in the BJP’s ideology, is a politician with socialist moorings who followed in the footsteps of his father S R Bommai, a leader of the Janata Party, who was made the Chief Minister by Ramakrishna Hedge in 1988. According to BJP insiders, a key factor that has worked in favour of Bommai Jr is his accommodative nature — some call it “too acquiescing” — and a willingness to let bygones be bygones to achieve his goals. They describe the Chief Minister as a calm and astute politician who is willing to deliberate at great length to understand issues before taking decisions.
Congratulating Basavaraj Bommai for taking over as the new Chief Minister of the state, Karnataka Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah Wednesday said he was looking forward towards contributing constructively and was hoping for similar cooperation from the ruling BJP.
The senior Congress leader added, "The BJP government has done injustice to Karnataka for the last 2 years. Yediyurappa never spoke against this injustice either due to his lust for power or lack of awareness or fear. I hope Bommai will show courage to fight for Karnataka."
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday announced a new scholarship plan for the children of farmers in the state. 'Rs 1,000 crore has been set aside for this,' he announced after attending the first cabinet meeting since he took over as CM this morning.
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai Wednesday said the topic of expanding the state cabinet has not been discussed yet. "When I met central observers Dharmendra Pradhan, Kishan Reddy and general secretary Arun Singh, they said not to discuss it today and that we could see to it once they are back at Delhi," he said in response to queries raised by reporters in his first press meet as CM in Bengaluru.
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai Wednesday promised Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he would continue the good work done by the previous Yediyurappa-led government.
Responding to PM Modi's tweet congratulating him, Bommai tweeted, "Thank you Prime Minister @narendramodi ji for your kind wishes. I will definitely continue the good work done by state govt under able leadership of @BSYBJP. We, as team will work for the development of the state and the nation under guidelines of all our senior leaders."
A known face to the media even during the tenure of former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa as the government's spokesperson after cabinet meetings, Basavaraj Bommai will now address the press as the CM for the first time. Bommai was Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Legislature, Home, and Law in the previous state cabinet.
The press meet will begin soon at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.
Minutes after Basavaraj Bommai took oath as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Congress called out Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "being silent on BJP’s dynasty politics".
In a tweet from its official account, the opposition party in the state wondered if the PM had forgotten his statements on “dynasty politics” as he picked “son of a former Chief Minister as the new Chief Minister”. The Karnataka unit of the Congress party was referring to Modi's statements made earlier calling for an "eradication of dynasty politics" in India.
Basavaraj Bommai's father S R Bommai had been Karnataka CM for a period of over nine months between August 1988 and April 1989.
After being sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka on Wednesday, Basavaraj Bommai said that floods and Covid-19 are challenges that will be given priority.
“I would like to thank all the people of Karnataka and BJP leaders for giving me this opportunity to serve the state as Chief Minister. I am grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda and our leader BS Yediyurappa for choosing me. My first priority work is for the ongoing flood and controlling the Covid-19 pandemic,” Bommai told reporters at Raj Bhavan.
He further said that his government will work as a team to uplift the poor, farmers and the health care system amid pandemic. “I will keep up whatever faith and trust people of Karnataka have in me,” he added.
After being sworn-in as new Chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday, Basavaraj Bommai reached Vidhana Soudha and he took over the new CM office by performing a pooja.
Basavaraj Bommai took oath as the new Karnataka Chief Minister on Wednesday. Soon after, his nameplate was seen outside the CM office in Vidhana Soudha.
Bommai will perform pooja at his new office in few minutes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated new Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai.
“Congratulations to Shri @BSBommai Ji on taking oath as Karnataka’s CM. He brings with him rich legislative and administrative experience. I am confident he will build on the exceptional work done by our Government in the state. Best wishes for a fruitful tenure,” Modi tweeted.
Modi further said "No words will ever do justice to the monumental contribution of Shri @BSYBJP Ji towards our Party and for Karnataka’s growth. For decades, he toiled hard, travelled across all parts of Karnataka and struck a chord with people. He is admired for his commitment to social welfare."
New Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this evening. Confirming the same, senior BJP MLA R Ashoka said a special flight has been arranged from Bengaluru to the national capital for Bommai scheduled for Tuesday evening, soon after the swearing-in ceremony that concluded in Karnataka Raj Bhavan.
Basavaraj Bommai took oath as the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka. Bommai was announced as the new Chief Minister of the state following a party meeting at a private hotel in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
In the ceremony at the Glass House of the Karnataka Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office and secrecy.
BJP supporters gathered outside Raj Bhavan ahead of Basavaraj Bommai’s oath-taking ceremony.
Early in the morning, Bommai visited a temple. He will take his oath as the 23rd chief minister of Karnataka at 11 am.
The security at Raj Bhavan has been beefed up ahead of Basavaraj Bommai’s oath-taking ceremony.
The Bengaluru traffic police have advised people to avoid Raj Bhavan route at around 11 am as there might be traffic snarls at the time of the ceremony and finding alternative routes may be difficult.
Karnataka CM designate Basavaraj Bommai Wednesday visited the BJP state headquarters in Bengaluru. At Jagannath Bhavan, he was welcomed by state party president Nalin Kumar Kateel after which Bommai offered a floral tribute to a portrait of Bharat Mata.
Basavaraj Bommai began the day by visiting Anjaneya Swamy temple.
He offered prayers at the temple in Bengaluru. He will be sworn in as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka on Wednesday morning.
After visiting the temple, he headed to his residence in RT Nagar. He will reach Raj Bhavan along with other leaders to take oath at around 10.30 am.
Basavaraj Bommai will take his oath as the 23rd chief minister of Karnataka.
The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is likely to operate prototypes of electric buses on the roads of the Karnataka capital from August. The Corporation had ordered buses before the second wave of Covid-19 after it picked NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. as the operator to run 90 non-AC e-buses under the Bengaluru Smart City Project.
"We are expecting to get four to five prototypes of the buses by at least the third week of August. Each bus will be nine metres long and will have 31 seats. Once approved, the operator will provide us with the rest in batches," the official said.
The e-buses are procured to act as feeder services for Namma Metro, in a bid to link areas away from metro stations to them.
The Bengaluru Division of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has rescued 17 boys and three girls in the last seven days.
South Western Railway (SWR), through its ‘Nanhe Farishtey’ team, constituted for the welfare of children, conducted special operations and rescued children.
The children were being brought to the city for forced labour from Bihar, Assam, West Bengal and Rajasthan, said the official release by Sub-Inspector P Anusha who led the operation.
The traffickers have also been arrested, the release added.
Bengaluru reported 352 confirmed cases of Dengue, according to the health department.
On Tuesday, the central health ministry warned states to take extra precautions to prevent co-infection of vector-borne diseases in the monsoon with Covid-19.
East Bengaluru reported the highest number of Dengue cases. According to data so far, East Bengaluru reported 96 cases, Mahadevapura zone 52, RR nagar 30, South zone 22, west zone 22, Yelahanka 25, Bommanahalli 10 and Dasarahalli zone reported 7 cases.
A Google Cloud Centre of Excellence will come up in the University of Mysore soon.
University of Mysore has entered into a strategic partnership with Google Cloud for the benefit of its students.
The centre of excellence will run two programmes, ‘Google Cloud Career Readiness’ and ‘Google Cloud Computing Foundations’, according to the press release. The Google Cloud Career Readiness programme offers two tracks - Associate Cloud Engineer Track and Data Analyst Track.
After BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai was picked as Karnataka chief minister on Tuesday, his wife Chennamma Basavaraj said his hard work has paid off and that she would ask him to do work that benefits all.
Bommai was on Tuesday elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party meeting to replace B S Yediyurappa, who had resigned as chief minister on Monday.
“As a chief minister’s wife I would ask him to do work that benefits all,” Chennamma told reporters in Bengaluru.
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Basavaraj Bommai will swear in as the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka at 11 am today. In the ceremony scheduled to be held at 11 am at the Glass House of the Karnataka Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot will administer the oath of office and secrecy.
Bommai was picked as Yediyurappa's successor following his election as the new leader of the BJP state legislature party on Tuesday.
Ahead the 2013 elections to the Karnataka Assembly, when B S Yediyurappa quit the BJP following his ouster from the Chief Minister’s post, Basavaraj Bommai did not follow him to join the veteran leader’s breakaway Karnataka Janata Party.
At the time, in an interview with The Indian Express after campaigning for the KJP in the Shiggaon in north Karnataka, which is Bommai’s constituency, Yediyurappa had hit out at his protege for deserting him.
“He kept on dilly-dallying and in the end, did not come with me and did not allow others to come with me too. He has betrayed me in that way. He ranks number one for betrayals,” Yediyurappa had said.
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Basavaraj Bommai, 61, who was announced as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka on Tuesday, has served as the state home minister under BS Yediyurappa. He was also a close aide of the former CM.
Bommai, a senior leader from the Lingayat community, is the son of former chief minister SR Bommai. Ever since speculations regarding Yediyurappa’s started gaining ground, Bommai was always among the top contenders to replace him.
Born on January 28, 1960, Bommai hails from the Sadara Lingayat community. He is a two-time MLC and three-time MLA from Shiggaon in Haveri district in North Karnataka. In the past, he has held the portfolio of water resources in the Yediyurappa cabinet. Read more here.
Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot has invited Basavaraj Bommai to take oath as Chief Minister of Karnataka on Wednesday at 11 am.
"All MLAs took this unanimous decision. He commands respect, not just from the party even from outside the party. Basavaraj S Bommai will probably take oath tomorrow," Karnataka BJP leader K Sudhakar told news agency ANI.
Karnataka BJP leader K Sudhakar said that Basavaraj Bommai is likely to take oath on Wednesday. "All MLAs took this unanimous decision. He commands respect, not just from the party even from outside the party," he was quoted as saying by ANI.
Karnataka caretaker CM BS Yediyurappa congratulated Basavaraj Bommai on being elected as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka. "I am confident Bommai will lead Karnataka in the path of development and fulfill the aspirations of people of the state," he said.
After being elected as the next CM of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai said, “I thank the party, and leader BS Yediyurappa for making me the CM of Karnataka. I will work for the people of the state. On this occasion, I would like to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home minister Amit Shah.”
“Yediyurappa proposed my name in the meeting and blessed me. I also thank all the MLAs of the party,” he added.
Caretaker CM of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa announced that the next BJP legislature party leader and the next CM would be Basavaraj Bommai.
BJP has announced Lingayat leader Basavaraj Bommai as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka, following a party meeting at a private hotel in Bengaluru. Bommai was the home minister of the state and a close aide of Yediyurappa, who had resigned as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on Monday.
The Karnataka BJP legislature party meeting is underway at a private hotel in Bengaluru to decide the new chief minister of the state.
Cabinet Ministers Basavaraj Bommai and Jagadesh Shetter welcomed central observers Dharmendra Pradhan and Kishan Reddy to the Karnataka BJP legislature party meeting at a private hotel in Bengaluru to pick the new CM for the state.
Several BJP leaders have reached the venue to decide on the new Karnataka chief minister. Party's observers for the state, along with BS Yediyurappa can be seen arriving at the hotel in the video below.
Ahead of the Karnataka BJP legislature party meeting at a hotel in Bengaluru, Karnataka caretaker CM BS Yediyurappa has also arrived at the hotel. Along with him are BJP Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh and central observers– Dharmendra Pradhan and Kishan Reddy.
Yediyurappa on Monday resigned from his post exactly on the day he completed his two years in office.
Karnataka Ministers and BJP MLAs have started to arrive for a meeting with party observers and union ministers G Kishan Reddy and Dharmendra Pradhan.
The central leadership of the BJP has directed its Karnataka unit to convene a meeting of the legislature party in Bengaluru on Tuesday evening. The meeting initiates the formal process of replacing B S Yediyurappa, who resigned as Chief Minister on Monday.
BJP general secretary and Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh said the name of the new leader will be finalised at the legislature party meeting on the direction of the parliamentary board.