Jagadish Shettar was sworn in as Karnataka’s Chief Minister on Thursday.
Governor H.R. Bhardwaj administered the oath of office to him in presence of a large number of BJP leaders and supporters.
K.S. Eshwarappa and R. Ashoka were sworn in as deputy chief ministers.
Shettar, who has the backing of former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, became the third BJP chief minister in the state in four years since the party came to power there in 2008.
The outgoing chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda was also present on the occasion and was seen seated next to Shettar, who was formally elected as the leader of Karnataka BJP legislature party earlier on Tuesday.
The selection of Shettar as Karnataka’s next chief minister can be viewed as a major victory for state BJP strongman Yeddyurappa, who has not been allowed to reclaim the chief minister’s chair, as he continues to battle illegal mining charges leveled against him by the Karnataka Lokayukta.
Gowda resigned as state chief minister yesterday after a less than comfortable tenure of eleven months, making way for Shettar.
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