BS Yeddyurappa takes oath as Karnataka chief minister

IMAGE: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala administers oath to Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa as chief minister of the state at a ceremony in Bengaluru. Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo

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However, Union ministers Prakash Javadekar and Anant Kumar attended the ceremony.

IMAGE: Governor Vala greets newly sworn in Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa. Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo

Despite the BJP having secured 104 of the 222 seats for which polling was held, eight short of a majority, and facing the challenging task of rustling up the numbers to stay afloat, Yeddyurappa exuded confidence that he would win the confidence vote about which he was “100 per cent sure”.

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“I am not going to wait till 15 days, the time period Governor Vajubhai Vala gave, to prove majority in assembly. I am keen to do it as cheap air jordan soon as possible,” he said.

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IMAGE: Yeddyurappa signs a register after being sworn in. Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo

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Calling cheap jordans sale the governor’s decision “unconstitutional”, he claimed the prime minister was using central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate to threaten Congress and JD S MLAs to break ranks and support the BJP government.

“How this central government is behaving? This Narendra Modi’s government wants to demolish democracy in the country,” Kumaraswamy told journalists.

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cheap jordans in china IMAGE: Yeddyurappa gestures after he took the oath. Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo cheap jordans in china

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“I have not spoken to Anand Singh. One of the Congress MLAs told me that Singh called him cheap nike shoes and expressed his problem stating that (central government) offices are being used to pressurise him,” he claimed.

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