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Over the weekend, Kumaraswamy lashed out at Sekhar, calling him a 'blackmailer and criminal' and accusing the Congress government of seeking protection from such 'tainted' officials.
The five new ministers from Karnataka are Nirmala Sitharaman and Pralhad V Joshi (both Brahmin), HD Kumaraswamy and Shobha Karandlaje (Vokkaliga), and V Somanna (Lingayat).
Among the allies of the BJP, JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy, HAM (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, JD(U) leader Lalan Singh and TDP's K Ram Mohan Naidu also took the oath of office as ministers.
JD(S) representative in the Pinarayi Cabinet, K Krishnankutty, believes that a new party – Kerala Janata Dal (S) should be formed.
'No one contacted me till now...no demand for me,' Kumaraswamy said ahead of the counting on Saturday.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and son of former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, opens up to Manorama and explains his party's plans
The medical student with her male friend were on their way to the Chamundi hills on the outskirts of Mysuru on Tuesday evening when at least four people waylaid them and gang-raped her after assaulting him.
The records indicate that the phone numbers of some of the key political players in Karnataka appear to have been selected around the time when an intense power struggle was taking place between the BJP and the Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress-led state government in 2019.
With congregation of any type not allowed during the lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, Kumaraswamy explained in a video message earlier this week that the event will be a low-key family affair with minimum number of people.
Among 15 constituencies going to the bypolls, 12 were held by Congress and three by JD(S), whose coalition government collapsed due to rebellion by the disqualified MLAs.