Yeddyurappa Oath Taking Ceremony

New Delhi, May 17: BJP has been given the first chance in Karnataka to form the Government, Governor Vajubhai Vala invited Yeddyurappa on Wednesday to form a new government and take an oath.

In this regard, BJP legislature party leader B S Yeddyurappa was today sworn in as the chief minister of Karnataka for a second time, after an overnight high-voltage legal battle in the Supreme Court.



The 75-year-old Lingayat strongman was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Vajubhai Vala at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan amid loud cheering by his supporters.

Yeddyurappa was administered the oath alone, hours after the Supreme Court refused to stay his swearing-in.

In a rare post-midnight courtroom battle, the Congress-JD(S) combine made a desperate legal push to stall the government formation.

A bench of Justices A K Sikri, S A Bobde and Ashok Bhushan was specially convened at "odd hours" to hear the petition by Congress-JD(S) combine which challenges the Governor Vajubhai Vala's communication to Yeddyurappa to be sworn in as CM.