Billed as a show of strength by Opposition and regional parties against Modi and BJP, H D Kumaraswamy's swearing-in ceremony will see the likes of Chandrababu Naidu and Mamata Banerjee share the dais
Karnataka Chief Minister-designate H D Kumaraswamy's swearing-in ceremony in Bengaluru on Wednesday will be used by Opposition parties for a "show of strength" against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Several prominent Opposition leaders and chief ministers, including Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, confirmed that they would attend the swearing-in of the Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) leader. Meanwhile, BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said that "hunger, greed and power" were the basis of the JD(S)-Congress alliance, adding that such an alliance would "not even last three months".
United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, among others, are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
While the Congress-JD(S) combine has a reason to cheer, a defiant BJP state unit will protest across Karnataka on Wednesday against the formation of the coalition government. The BJP is observing the occasion as the 'anti-people's mandate day' across the state.
Here are the top 10 developments around H D Kumaraswamy's swearing in as the Karnataka chief minister:
1) Yeddyurappa doesn’t see coalition lasting more than 3 months: BJP's state unit chief and three-time chief minister, Yeddyurappa, who took part in BJP Karnataka unit's 'anti-people's mandate day' protest across the state against the formation of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government, said that "hunger, greed and power" were the basis of the alliance between the two parties. He added that the alliance would "not even last three months". Yeddyurappa was leading a demonstration at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Bengaluru.
"As the Congress-JD(S) alliance hijacked the people's mandate and formed an unholy alliance..., on Wednesday we are observing the occasion as the 'anti-people's mandate day' across the state," said BJP spokesman S Shantaram.
2) Kumaraswamy says all manifesto promises will be implemented: Ahead of his swearing in today, Kumaraswamy told news agencies that "all the promises made in the manifesto will be implemented". The Karnataka chief minister-designate added that "safeguarding the interest of the farming community" was his government's "top priority".
3) Opposition's show of strength against BJP: Various regional parties and their leaders, some of whom have called for a unified front against Modi in 2019, took note of how the Congress and JD(S) came together to keep the BJP out of power in Karnataka. Aiming to repeat this outcome across the country, key Opposition leaders are making a beeline for the Karnataka swearing-in, which could be used as a show of strength.
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