Bengaluru: The Bhartiya Janta Party will be observing the swearing-in ceremony of the Congress- JDS government as ‘Anti-People’s Mandate Day’ in Karnataka on Wednesday.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the BJP termed the alliance between the Congress and the JD-S as an ‘unholy’ one, alleging that they “hijacked the people’s mandate”.
“The Congress and JDS have hijacked the people’s mandate and entered into an unholy alliance. On the day this unholy coalition government takes office, that is tomorrow, Wednesday, 23.5.2018, the BJP has decided to observe this day as “Anti People’s Mandate Day,” the statement read.
The statement also mentioned that thousands of party functionaries will stage black flag demonstration throughout the state.
“In Bangalore, state BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa will lead the demonstration at 11.15 a.m. at the Mahatma Gandhi statue, Opposite Hotel Maurya, Ananda Rao Circle. State unit general secretaries Kum Shobha Karandalaje, Aravinda Limbavali, R. Ashok, N. Ravi Kumar, MP P.C. Mohan, city President Sadashiva, office bearers and hundreds of party functionaries will be present,” the statement added.
Janta Dal Secular Chief HD Kumaraswamy is set to take oath as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka today at 4.30 pm in Vidhan Sabha.
The oath ceremony will include leaders from the major opposition parties around the country. United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, and Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan are among the confirmed attendee of the event.
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