1. 16 new Karnataka MLAs skip oath-taking at Legislative Assembly
Swearing-in ceremony of newly-elected legislators continued on day two of the first legislature session of the Congress government in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. A total of 208 MLAs took oath on May 22 and May 23.
However, 16 MLAs did not turn up at Vidhana Soudha for the swearing-in. Pro-tem Speaker R.V. Deshpande appealed to the members to come to his chamber to take oath by the end of the day, failing which, he said, they would not be allowed to participate in the election to the post of Speaker, scheduled on May 24.