BS Yediyurappa takes oath as the CM of Karnataka; faces challenge of proving majority in one week
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP President BS Yediyurappa on Friday took oath as the Chief Minister of the state in the name of god for the fourth time as his party claimed to form government in the state. He was administered the oath by Governor Vajubhai Vala at Rajbhavan in a ceremony on Friday evening here.
Yediyurappa on Friday morning had met Governor Vajubhai Vala and had claimed stakes at the formation of government after the Cong-JD(S) coalition government collapsed on Tuesday evening after being defeated in trust vote.
With this, Yediyurappa has taken oath as the CM of the state for the fourth time but has interestingly not completed on the previous three occasion.
He became the CM of the state for the first time in 2007 in coalition agreement with JD(S), but he had to vacate the CM’s post in seven days after the JD(S) withdrew support to his government. He once again become the CM of the state in 2008 riding upon the sympathy wave but had to resign from the post in the third year of the term after party’s high command asked him to step down amidst multi-thousand-crore illegal mining scam, which also saw him going to jail.
In May 2018 after the assembly election Yediyurappa staked claim at forming the government without having simple majority at the assembly and had to step down in two days when the Supreme Court asked him to prove majority.
This time around he has once again staked claim at forming government when his party is falling short of six seats to have simple majority. The total strength of the assembly is 222 after suspension of three MLAs meaning the simple majority mark is 112. The BJP currently has 105 party MLAs and has support of one independent MLA making their figure 106, six short to have simple majority.
Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala has asked Yediyurappa to prove majority in the assembly in one week after taking oath as the CM. Yediyurappa’s close aides have also expressed confidence that the party will prove majority whenever asked to do so by the speaker.
BJP general secretary Muralidhar Rao along with Former Karnataka CM SM Krishna, Roshan Baig the only congress MLA was present at the swearing-in ceremony.
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear Christmas rush
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.
In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
