Karnataka election result: Horses stay put, BJP quits race

Yeddyurappa admits he failed to get the numbers; Kumaraswamy to be sworn in as Karnataka CM on May 23

B S Yeddyurappa’s third chief ministerial stint lasted all of 55 hours, and his resignation on Saturday evening came as a shot in the arm for an Opposition struggling to mount a united challenge to the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The swearing-in of the H D Kumaraswamy-headed Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government  on Wednesday is set to become a show of Opposition unity with several chief ministers likely to attend the event. Governor Vajubhai Vala has given Kumaraswamy 15 days to prove his majority.

In Karnataka and New Delhi, the