1. CM, Deputy CM, newly-elected MLAs take oath in first session of 16th Legislative Assembly
A three-day Karnataka legislature session began today to swear-in all the newly-elected legislators. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, eight Cabinet Ministers and former Chief Ministers Basavaraj Bommai were among the prominent newly-elected MLAs to take oath as members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on May 22.
Earlier in the day, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath to R.V. Deshpande as pro-tem speaker of the House at Raj Bhavan. In the House of 224, 135 are from Congress, 66 from BJP and 19 from JD(S). With only nine ministers sworn in, lobbying continues for the remaining berths out of a total of 34.