Highlights from Karnataka's politically-charged Saturday: BJP out, Congress-JDS in

The highly-anticipated floor-test in Karnataka assembly never happened with BJP's Yeddyurappa tendering his resignation - paving the way for HD Kumaraswamy to bring in a JDS-Congress combine.

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BENGALURU: BS Yeddyurappa resigned as Chief Minister just two days after he took the oath of office, leaving the political field clear for HD Kumaraswamy to lead a JDS-Congress combine to take oath on May 23. Just ahead of the trust vote in Karnataka Assembly, Yeddyurappa addressed the House and conceded defeat. An emotional Yeddyurappa said that the situation would have been different if the people would have given just a few more seats to the BJP, enough to make them win the majority. "If only people would have given us 113 seats instead of 104, we would have made this state a paradise. Whether I stay in power or not, I will continue to work for the people. And we will get 28 out of 28 seats in Lok Sabha. For now, I will go to Raj Bhawan and tender my resignation."

The Assembly session began on Saturday morning with newly-elected MLAs taking oath. They were administered oath by Protem Speaker KG Bopaiah. Yeddyurappa took the oath first, followed by Congress Legislature Party leader and his predecessor Siddaramaiah. Then the other members started taking oath in batches of five one after the other. The floor test was scheduled for 4 PM as per the Supreme Court's Friday ordered that drastically reduced the 15-day window given by the governor to Yeddyurappa to prove majority.

It never took place.

Following are all the highlights from all that took place through the course of Saturday:

20 May 2018

11:35 IST

While it was a battle for the chief ministership between JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy and BJP's BS Yeddyurappa, the man who emerged as the hero for the winning JDS-Congress alliance was Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar, popularly known as DK Shivakumar. Amid the political parleys and the fears of horse-trading, it was Shivakumar, Minister of Energy is the Siddaramaiah government, who kept the winning alliance flock together, and made sure that there was no defection. And this not the first time when the Congress man came to the rescue of the party. Read details here.

11:34 IST

HD Kumaraswamy is likely to take oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka along with 20 MLA of the Janata Dal Secular (JDS), 13 MLAs of the Congress, say sources. The alliance reportedly has a reached on 20-13 agreement. Congress leader G Parameshwara is likely to be sworn in as the Deputy CM. Read details here.