Yeddyurappa-led BJP Govt to be sworn in on Friday

The BJP Government led by B S Yeddyurappa is expected to be sworn in on Friday, party sources said.

The BJP government led by B S Yeddyurappa is expected to be sworn in on Friday, party sources said on Tuesday.

BJP sources said the party, which bagged 110 seats in the 224-member House and later won over five independents to gain simple majority, had earlier favoured May 28 for the swearing-in. However, “the swearing-in is now slated for May 30”, a senior party leader said.

Meanwhile, a gazette notification constituting the new Assembly is expected later on Tuesday, Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer M N Vidyashankar said.

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Party sources said the Yeddyurappa government would strive to provide a “role-model” administration that would help spread BJP’s influence in other states of south India.

“We have to give a clean and transparent government,” senior party leader Arun Jaitley, considered the architect of BJP’s win, told the legislature party meeting on Monday, where Yeddyurappa was formally elected its leader.

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