Gowda sworn-in, Shettar boycotts event

Last Updated: Thursday, August 04, 2011, 22:45

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Tags: Karnataka, Sadanand Gowda, Swearing-in

Zeenews Bureau

Bangalore: The newly elected BJP Legislature party leader D V Sadananda Gowda was on Thursday sworn-in as Chief Minister of Karnataka.

The swearing-in ceremony took place at around 4:30 this evening at Raj Bhavan.

Governor H R Bhardwaj administered oath of office and secrecy to Gowda.

The oath taking ceremony was attended by out going chief minister BS Yeddyurappa’s arch rival HN Ananth Kumar, BJP’s state unit president KS Eswarappa and other VIPs.

However, Gowda’s rival Jadish Shettar and over 50 BJP MLAs skipped the event sending worrying signals for the party high command.

Gowda had decided to advance his swearing-in ceremony by a day in view of President Pratibha Patil's three-day visit to the city starting from August five.

With PTI Inputs

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First Published: Thursday, August 04, 2011, 08:43

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M.N. Venkatesh - Bangalore
mr. sadananda gowda is a clean face of bjp and he would have been a natural choice. the rift within the party is because of mr. yeddis demand for his candidature.

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SIMMI MOHINDRU - JALANDHAR CITY.PUNJAB
will the b.j.p. high command take necessary action against those who have skiped the oath ceremony of d.v. sadananda gowda , are really now there cracks between legislatures in karnataka , will the state witness snap assembly polls ?

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ayurbenaka - madikeri
gowda is a clean leader. but the dust and mud of yeddy will definetely spoil his image

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ZAHEER BAREED - Chintamani
``india is rich with poor peoples`` really it is a true sentence saod by a british person... the britishers who has ruled over india for more than 200 years and how they have made india as empty hand like that only the worst govt of inda in this four years made our karnataka as empty hand..