Yediyurappa may take oath as Karnataka chief minister Wednesday

The Bharatiya Janata Party ministry led by B.S. Yediyurappa is likely to be sworn in Wednesday, party sources said Sunday.

The election process has to be completed by Wednesday May 28 according to the schedule drawn up by the election commission.

Yediyurappa will be formally elected leader of the BJP legislature party Monday. He and other state leaders will leave for Delhi for talks with party central leaders after staking claim to form the government.

All top BJP leaders like L.K. Advani, Sushma Swaraj, and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi who had campaigned vigorously and Arun Jaitely, in charge of party affairs in Karnataka and many others are likely to witness the swearing in ceremony.

In November last year when Yediyurappa was sworn in as chief minister all these leaders as well as chief ministers of other BJP-ruled states were present.

On Sunday evening state leaders met at Yediyurappa’s residence to discuss ministry formation and steps to be taken for stability of the government as it will have only a slender majority of four or five seats in the 225-member (including one nominated member) house.

BJP has won 110 seats, Congress 80, JD-S 28 and the remaining six have been taken by independent candidates.

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The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is inching towards becoming the single largest party in Karnataka. BJP is closely followed by the Congress. JD(S)-touted as the kingmaker party-is trailing.

According to the latest results/reports, the BJP has won 4 seats and is leading in 102. The Congress has won 1 seat and is ahead in 68 seats and the JD(S) in 41. According to the early election results tends, the BJP is ahead of the Congress in Central Karnataka, coastal Karnataka and Bangalore.

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Bangalore Poll - I did it!

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Today morning we reached our polling station by 7am. We were redirected to other polling station. Just few people were standing in the queue. Overall it took less than 10 minutes to log my vote including waiting in the queue! The polling officer didn't check my identity card??

Bangalore Election - Drop-box facility for EPIC dropped

The drop-box facility for processing electoral photo identity cards (EPIC) has been withdrawn with immediate effect. The Election Commission made the announcement on Wednesday, barely 10 days away from the first phase of elections.

EPICs are not mandatory for voting. It is enough if the head of the family shows one of the several identity documents to the polling officials. “Even if one document is produced, the entire family will be allowed to vote.’’

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From Times Of India,

Finally, voters can get their Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) without the need to queue up in the heat. The election authorities will roll out the the drop box system — where applications for EPIC can be dropped and cards collected after two days — on Monday.
While the announcement was made, the BBMP and Bangalore Urban electoral officers were caught off-guard. For the past five days, election officers have been scrambling around to put the new system in place.
Following a number of complaints regarding distributiom of forms and facing up to citizens angry about some bloopers, the electoral authorities devised this alternative for distribution of EPICs. The voter ID cards can now be obtained within 48 hours without having to stand in a queue.
The forms can either be collected from BangaloreOne centres, or downloaded online. Afte filling up and attaching a passport size photograph, the form can be dropped at any of the drop boxes. EPICs can be collected in person after 48 hours.

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